---
title: "Free-text ticker / company name search"
method: GET
path: "/api/ticker-search"
tags: ["Market Data"]
---

# Free-text ticker / company name search

`GET /api/ticker-search`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.oxfordledge.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://www.oxfordledge.com/api/ticker-search`
- Auth: none declared

Search tickers via Yahoo Finance + CIK fallback.

## Query parameters

- `q` string

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- TickerSearchHit[]
  - `symbol` string, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `exchange` string, nullable
  - `type` string, nullable

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `422`: Validation Error
- `500`: Internal Server Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/oxfordledge/apis/oxford-ledge-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/oxfordledge/apis/oxford-ledge-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/oxfordledge/apis/oxford-ledge-api/revisions/e832a1260f0b?raw)