Tickerbot API — The stock market in SQL

POST/v2/universes

Create a named ticker list owned by the calling account. Body: `{ id?, name, description?, tickers }`. If `id` is omitted, a slug is generated.

Plan access

Included on every plan.

Rate limit

Hobby 60/min · Pro 2,000/min · Scale 10,000/min.

Capacity

Hobby 5 · Pro 25 · Scale 100 · Enterprise unlimited.

Status codes

201

Universe created.

400

tickers_outside_plan_scope, unknown_tickers, or other validation errors.

403

resource_limit_reached when over the plan max.

409

slug_taken when id collides with an existing universe.

curl -X POST https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/universes \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "id": "my_watchlist"
  }'

Try it

This endpoint requires an authenticated key. Sign in to run it from your dashboard, or get a free key. tickerbot.io/dashboard.

Sample response

{
  "as_of": "2026-05-14T11:41:01.000Z",
  "id": "my_watchlist",
  "name": "My Watchlist",
  "description": null,
  "tickers": ["AAPL", "NVDA", "TSLA"],
  "size": 3,
  "system": false,
  "created_at": 1778720416,
  "updated_at": 1778720416
}