Colombo-Stock-Exchange-CSE-API-Documentation
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Unofficial Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) API usage guide & Python example
Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) API 📈🏢
Unofficial API usage guide & Python example 🐍
Explore stock market data from the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) via their public API endpoints — reverse-engineered since no official documentation exists. 🔍
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Overview 📋
The Colombo Stock Exchange provides real-time and historical stock data via several public endpoints used by their web portal.
This repository documents some of the known API endpoints, example responses, and Python code to fetch and parse data.
API Endpoints 🔗
Base URL: https://www.cse.lk/api/
| Endpoint | Description | HTTP Method | Required Params/Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| companyInfoSummery | Detailed info of a single stock/security by symbol | POST | symbol |
| tradeSummary | Summary of trades for all securities | POST | |
| todaySharePrice | Today's share price data | POST | |
| topGainers | List of top gaining stocks | POST | |
| topLooses | List of top losing stocks | POST | |
| mostActiveTrades | Most active trades by volume | POST | |
| getNewListingsRelatedNoticesAnnouncements | New listings and related announcements | POST | |
| getBuyInBoardAnnouncements | Buy-in board announcements | POST | |
| approvedAnnouncement | Approved announcements | POST | |
| getCOVIDAnnouncements | COVID-related announcements | POST | |
| getFinancialAnnouncement | Financial announcements | POST | |
| circularAnnouncement | Circular announcements | POST | |
| directiveAnnouncement | Directive announcements | POST | |
| getNonComplianceAnnouncements | Non-compliance announcements | POST | |
| marketStatus | Market open/close status | POST | |
| marketSummery | Market summary data | POST | |
| aspiData | All Share Price Index data | POST | |
| snpData | S&P Sri Lanka 20 Index data | POST | |
| chartData | Chart data for stocks | POST | symbol, chartId, period |
| allSectors | Data for all sectors | POST | |
| detailedTrades | Detailed Trades | POST | |
| dailyMarketSummery | Daily Market Summary | POST | |
| companyChartDataByStock | Company Chart Data By Stock | POST | stockId , period=1 |
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Usage Example 💻python
Get detailed stock info by symbol 🔍
import requests
base_url = "https://www.cse.lk/api/"
endpoint = "companyInfoSummery"
data = {"symbol": "LOLC.N0000"}
response = requests.post(base_url + endpoint, data=data)
print(f"Status code: {response.status_code}")
print(response.json()) # Prints the response as a Python dictionary
Sample Response: companyInfoSummery 📝
{
"reqSymbolInfo": {
"symbol": "LOLC.N0000",
"name": "L O L C HOLDINGS PLC",
"lastTradedPrice": 546.5,
"change": -2.5,
"changePercentage": -0.455,
"marketCap": 259696800000
},
"reqLogo": {
"id": 2168,
"path": "upload_logo/378_1601611239.jpeg"
},
"reqSymbolBetaInfo": {
"betaValueSPSL": 1.0227
}
}
Contribution 🤝
This is an unofficial reverse-engineered API.
If you discover more endpoints or useful parameters, please submit a Pull Request!
Help expand the community knowledge about the Colombo Stock Exchange API. 🚀
Disclaimer ⚠️
- Use responsibly and verify data accuracy with official CSE sources.
- API endpoints and formats may change without notice.
- This repository is for educational purposes only.
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Unofficial Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) API usage guide & Python example