---
title: "Validate Symbol"
method: GET
path: "/api/symbols/validate"
tags: ["Ticker"]
---

# Validate Symbol

`GET /api/symbols/validate`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://alpha-bazaar-signal-server.onrender.com`
- URL: `https://alpha-bazaar-signal-server.onrender.com/api/symbols/validate`
- Auth: none required

Validate if a symbol is a real ticker or find ticker for a company name.
- If input looks like ticker: validate and return ticker info
- If input looks like company name: search and return matches
- Returns 404 if not found, 409 if ambiguous (multiple matches)
Requires authentication.

## Query parameters

- `symbol` string, required: Symbol to validate (ticker or company name)

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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