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get_historical_stock_prices

Retrieve historical stock price data for analysis by specifying ticker symbol, date range, and interval parameters.

Instructions

Gets historical stock prices for a company.

Args:
    ticker: Ticker symbol of the company (e.g. AAPL, GOOGL)
    start_date: Start date of the price data (e.g. 2020-01-01)
    end_date: End date of the price data (e.g. 2020-12-31)
    interval: Interval of the price data (e.g. minute, hour, day, week, month)
    interval_multiplier: Multiplier of the interval (e.g. 1, 2, 3)

Input Schema

TableJSON Schema
NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
tickerYes
start_dateYes
end_dateYes
intervalNoday
interval_multiplierNo

Implementation Reference

  • Handler function decorated with @mcp.tool() that implements the get_historical_stock_prices tool. It fetches historical stock prices via the Financial Datasets API using the make_request helper, processes the response, and returns JSON-formatted prices.
    @mcp.tool()
    async def get_historical_stock_prices(
        ticker: str,
        start_date: str,
        end_date: str,
        interval: str = "day",
        interval_multiplier: int = 1,
    ) -> str:
        """Gets historical stock prices for a company.
    
        Args:
            ticker: Ticker symbol of the company (e.g. AAPL, GOOGL)
            start_date: Start date of the price data (e.g. 2020-01-01)
            end_date: End date of the price data (e.g. 2020-12-31)
            interval: Interval of the price data (e.g. minute, hour, day, week, month)
            interval_multiplier: Multiplier of the interval (e.g. 1, 2, 3)
        """
        # Fetch data from the API
        url = f"{FINANCIAL_DATASETS_API_BASE}/prices/?ticker={ticker}&interval={interval}&interval_multiplier={interval_multiplier}&start_date={start_date}&end_date={end_date}"
        data = await make_request(url)
    
        # Check if data is found
        if not data:
            return "Unable to fetch prices or no prices found."
    
        # Extract the prices
        prices = data.get("prices", [])
    
        # Check if prices are found
        if not prices:
            return "Unable to fetch prices or no prices found."
    
        # Stringify the prices
        return json.dumps(prices, indent=2)
  • Helper function used by get_historical_stock_prices to make authenticated HTTP requests to the Financial Datasets API.
    async def make_request(url: str) -> dict[str, any] | None:
        """Make a request to the Financial Datasets API with proper error handling."""
        # Load environment variables from .env file
        load_dotenv()
        
        headers = {}
        if api_key := os.environ.get("FINANCIAL_DATASETS_API_KEY"):
            headers["X-API-KEY"] = api_key
    
        async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
            try:
                response = await client.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=30.0)
                response.raise_for_status()
                return response.json()
            except Exception as e:
                return {"Error": str(e)}
  • server.py:165-165 (registration)
    MCP tool registration decorator for the get_historical_stock_prices handler.
    @mcp.tool()

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