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I'm trying to get quotes for an Australian stock with ticker A200.AX (aka A200.AUS) from Alpha Vantage.

I have no issues getting other symbols from the AX market, e.g.:
https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=TIME_SERIES_DAILY&symbol=ETHI.AUS&apikey=demo
...returns data as expected

However when a symbol has digit(s) in it, it seems to return an error:
https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=TIME_SERIES_DAILY&symbol=A200.AUS&apikey=demo
Invalid API call. Please retry or visit the documentation (https://www.alphavantage.co/documentation/) for TIME_SERIES_INTRADAY.
Same result for F100.AUS

I checked to make sure the ticker was valid: A200.AUS shows up if I search for it:
https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=SYMBOL_SEARCH&keywords=A200.AUS&apikey=demo

I'm aware of some questions related to URL encoding, but I can't see any URL special characters in A200.AUS . Besides, using the search endpoint works with the ticker passed on literally. Does anyone know how to download this stock's information or what I'm doing wrong?

Ant
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Your use of the search endpoint is great, however A200.AUS is an ETF. Alpha Vantage has some ETFs, but currently, only 100% supports stocks.

Patrick Collins
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    Thanks Patrick, that's true: the API's documentation makes it clear that it's for "stocks". The thing that still confuses me is that my working example (with ETHI.AUS) ... is also an ETF. In fact I can pull all the ETFs in my portfolio from AlphaVantage (NDQ.AUS, VAP.AUS, ETHI.AUS) ... with the exception of those with digits in the symbol. Which is why I thought it had something to do with numbers. – Ant Nov 21 '19 at 02:01
  • At the moment, any additional ETFs that are supported are considered a bonus, but it's not currently. However, that should change in the future. – Patrick Collins Nov 21 '19 at 16:36
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    Okay, the digit thing must have been a coincidence: I managed to download data from a regular stock with digits in in (A2M, a milk company stock) – Ant Nov 25 '19 at 04:29