Barchart’s APIs Now Streams Market Data to Browsers and Mobile

[kreslik.news]

Market data provider Barchart, announced today the launch of a set of WebSockets APIs, embodying JavaScript, Java and soon Swift libraries. The APIs are designed to allow users to transfer market information in real time directly to browsers and mobile applications.

For this purpose, a web-based application running on the basis of Socket.IO will be adopted. According to the official announcement, one of the largest advantages of the solution is the absence of additional external plugins to transfer data directly to web browsers (including on Chrome, Internet Explorer and Firefox) and mobile devices (iOS and Android).

The new solution should supplement the existing offering of ... (read more)