Integrate the Alpha Vantage API with the Data Stores API

The Alpha Vantage API offers access to a wealth of financial data, including real-time and historical stock prices, forex rates, cryptocurrency data, and more. With Pipedream’s serverless platform, you can easily connect Alpha Vantage to a variety of other services and apps to create powerful financial data workflows. Automate the tracking of stock performance, set up alerts for forex rate changes, digest cryptocurrency trends, or integrate financial data into custom dashboards or databases without the need to manage complex infrastructure.

Connect Alpha Vantage#

import { axios } from "@pipedream/platform"
export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    alpha_vantage: {
      type: "app",
      app: "alpha_vantage",
    }
  },
  async run({steps, $}) {
    return await axios($, {
      url: `https://www.alphavantage.co/query?`,
      params: {
        function: `GLOBAL_QUOTE`,
        symbol: `MSFT`,
        apikey: `${this.alpha_vantage.$auth.api_key}`,
      },
    })
  },
})

Overview of Data Stores#

Data Stores are a key-value store that allow you to persist state and share data across workflows. You can perform CRUD operations, enabling dynamic data management within your serverless architecture. Use it to save results from API calls, user inputs, or interim data; then read, update, or enrich this data in subsequent steps or workflows. Data Stores simplify stateful logic and cross-workflow communication, making them ideal for tracking process statuses, aggregating metrics, or serving as a simple configuration store.

Connect Data Stores#

export default defineComponent({
  props: {
    myDataStore: {
      type: "data_store",
    },
  },
  async run({ steps, $ }) {
    await this.myDataStore.set("key_here","Any serializable JSON as the value")
    return await this.myDataStore.get("key_here")
  },
})