Alphavantage and NASDAQ Index stopped working

Question

This API call for NASDAQ Composite used to work. Now it returns just an empty JSON. {}. No error message.

https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=TIME_SERIES_MONTHLY&symbol=IXIC&apikey=your_api_key

Other indices seem to work OK eg DJI, SPX

An email to support has not been answered.

Anyone have any more information on this?

I see the same thing. One interesting thing I've found is that you can make that request repeatedly (I tried it 100 times in a row) without getting rate limited. It's like that symbol sends the request into a black hole. — Keith Layne, Apr 02 '19 at 16:48

randyth · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-21T21:28:35.367

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UPDATE

The trick below has stopped working. Hopefully Alpha Vantage will regain their access to the NASDAQ soon.

Try replacing IXIC with NASDAQ:^IXIC

edited Mar 21 '20 at 21:28

answered Apr 17 '19 at 16:18

randyth

Thank you. +1 as that symbol does return values!, but only integer values are returned (not sure if they are rounded or truncated). Better than nothing, but would be nice to get the actual values. And, it seems the `^` can be omitted. – Ron Rosenfeld Apr 17 '19 at 17:12
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Does it work for DAILY? i tried your URL, didnt seem to work, i got a {} – kawingkelvin Mar 20 '20 at 20:41
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Even this technique no longer works for me. I now too get a {} – randyth Mar 21 '20 at 21:26
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@Andrew Stone NDAQ is the symbol for the company that operates the Nasdaq stock exchange, not the Nasdaq Composite index. – Patrick Poitras Feb 27 '21 at 17:03
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What the hack is going on at Alpha Vantage API..!!? – Melroy van den Berg Apr 10 '21 at 00:53