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research_and_development

R&D spend for the quarter. NULL for companies that don't report R&D as a line item.

metadata
typebigint
unitUSD
cadencepost-close daily
intervals1d
universeall tickers
historyfull · since 2009
nullableyes — NULL where not applicable

Swap YOUR_KEY for a key from /dashboard/keys. Responses are real captures from 2026-09-18, trimmed.

Every ticker matching this signal /v2/signals/{signal}

Live — every ticker with research_and_development above a cutoff
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/research_and_development" \
  --data-urlencode "condition=> 326700000" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:41:19.231Z",
 "signal": "research_and_development",
 "condition": "> 326700000",
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "AMZN",
   "name": "Amazon.Com Inc",
   "value": 33158000000
  },
  {
   "ticker": "META",
   "name": "Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock",
   "value": 21656000000
  }
 ]
}
As-of — the same read at a past date
curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/research_and_development" \
  --data-urlencode "condition=> 326700000" \
  -d "asof=2026-07-04" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-06-20",
 "signal": "research_and_development",
 "condition": "> 326700000",
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "META",
   "name": "Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock",
   "value": 17699000000
  },
  {
   "ticker": "GOOG",
   "name": "Alphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock",
   "value": 15151000000
  }
 ]
}
Subscribe — webhook when a ticker starts matching
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/research_and_development/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"condition": "> 326700000", "target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'

Returns 201 with the created webhook — the same shape as GET /v2/webhooks/{id}, plus a one-time signing_secret for HMAC verification.

The whole market, filtered on it /v2/scan

Live — the whole market, ranked by this column
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{ "q": "research_and_development IS NOT NULL", "order": "research_and_development", "columns": "research_and_development" }'
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:41:24.326Z",
 "query": {
  "q": "research_and_development IS NOT NULL",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "research_and_development",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "research_and_development"
  ],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "AMZN",
   "name": "Amazon.Com Inc",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 253.129,
   "change_1d_pct": 0.7719256339822418,
   "gap_pct": 0.6887,
   "relative_volume": 0.5871,
   "market_cap": 2653001686169,
   "research_and_development": 33158000000
  },
  {
   "ticker": "META",
   "name": "Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 675.544,
   "change_1d_pct": -0.9916313699051696,
   "gap_pct": 0.9248,
   "relative_volume": 0.4085,
   "market_cap": 1715261416354,
   "research_and_development": 21656000000
  }
 ]
}
As-of — the same scan at a past date
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{ "q": "research_and_development IS NOT NULL", "order": "research_and_development", "columns": "research_and_development", "asof": "2026-07-04" }'
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-06-20",
 "query": {
  "q": "research_and_development IS NOT NULL",
  "asof": "2026-06-20",
  "interval": "auto",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "research_and_development",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [
   "research_and_development"
  ],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "META",
   "name": "Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 577.22,
   "change_1d_pct": 1.6984389865745773,
   "gap_pct": 0.9232178723704163,
   "relative_volume": 1.6907192646500149,
   "market_cap": 1482427880000,
   "research_and_development": 17699000000
  },
  {
   "ticker": "GOOG",
   "name": "Alphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 367.46,
   "change_1d_pct": 1.480254073460358,
   "gap_pct": 0.4943385805026135,
   "relative_volume": 1.3651972166697484,
   "market_cap": 4489483700000,
   "research_and_development": 15151000000
  }
 ]
}
Subscribe — webhook on a market-wide condition
curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"q": "research_and_development > 326700000", "target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'

Returns 201 with the created webhook object; deliveries carry the tickers matching the condition at each evaluation.

Its history /v2/series

History — the column on an aligned time grid
curl "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/series?tickers=AAPL,MSFT&columns=close,research_and_development" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Response (sampled 2026-09-18, trimmed)
{
 "as_of": "2026-09-18T14:41:30.954Z",
 "interval": "1d",
 "tickers": [
  "AAPL",
  "MSFT"
 ],
 "columns": [
  "close",
  "research_and_development"
 ],
 "count": 6,
 "series": {
  "AAPL": [
   {
    "t": "2026-09-15",
    "close": 331.34,
    "research_and_development": 11729000000
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-16",
    "close": 332.41,
    "research_and_development": 11729000000
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-17",
    "close": 337.002,
    "research_and_development": 11729000000
   }
  ],
  "MSFT": [
   {
    "t": "2026-09-15",
    "close": 497.12,
    "research_and_development": 9997000000
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-16",
    "close": 490.3,
    "research_and_development": 9997000000
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-09-17",
    "close": 497.75,
    "research_and_development": 9997000000
   }
  ]
 }
}

Same grammar on scan, series, and webhooks; state reads take ?asof= for point-in-time answers.

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