NOTE: The data used by this service is outdated and incompltete due to the withdrawal of the CSV download files from Yahoo Finance.

Share Price WCF Service allows users the ability to retrieve share prices using the old SOAP RPC method (via BasicHttpBinding), or the REST method (via WebHtpBinding). Share Price data web service, is an xml(soap)/wcf(supports SOAP,REST( supports .NET/NON .NET e.g. iPhone),RSS,JSON and ATOM) web service that provides prices for these market indexes - FTSE100, AIM, EuroStoxx50, IBEX35, CAC40, AEX, DAX, MIBTEL, Dow Jones, Techmark 100, Hang Seng, Strait Times, OMXC20, IPC, IBOVESPA, and ALL ORDINARIES . Most Web Service Clients allow the export of data to xml format.For currency cross rates for free goto webservicex.net

Consuming/Using the WCF Service:

• Consuming the WCF Service via SOAP RPC method (via BasicHttpBinding)

  1. Make sure that the client config file only contains the 1 BasicHttpBinding, remove all WebHttpBinding references.

  2. You will need to increase the amounts for both maxBufferSize and maxReceivedMessageSize in the <basicHttpBinding> part of the <bindings> section in the applications config file, if using the method GetAllData4Desktop() or GetAllData4DesktopXml(), due to the amount of data being returned.

  3. Screenshots on howto consume our WCF service in c#/vb.net can be found (plus links on how to consume RESTful wcf/SOAP RPC in java/php) here.

• Consuming the WCF Service via REST method (via WebHttpBinding)

  1. To consume a WCF REST method in a webforms/winforms client application, you can in .NET use either Httpwebrequest/Httpwebresponse, or the newer HttpClient (comes included as part of the WCF REST Starter Kit Preview 2 - see Microsoft.Http.dll in the assemblies folder after installation). Code screenshot of consuming WCF REST in .NET 4 (c#) winforms application using HttpClient

  2. Automatic help documentation for Restful Service

  3. List of REST/SOAP methods in the WCF Service
  
  
  

  .NET SOAP/REST Methods

  XML SOAP/REST Methods

  JSON SOAP/REST Methods

  RSS/ATOM SOAP/REST Methods

  Ref-Table I

  Ref-Table II

  SOAP Method (using BasicHttpBinding)	Description	Parameter Options	Returns	REST URL (using WebHttpBinding)	REST Example	Consumption Example
  GetAllData4DeskTop()	Method to Obtain all data for use by .NET desktop clients.	N/A	Dataset containing 2 tables, 0 being Indices, and 1 being AllCompPrices.	REST URL is - http://wcf.spws.me.uk/Service1.svc/REST/NETSPWCF/AllData	Example URL is - http://wcf.spws.me.uk/Service1.svc/REST/NETSPWCF/AllData	Example of consuming XML in html via xmlhttp object http://wcf.spws.me.uk/GetAllData4Desktop.html
  GetAllIndices()	Method to Obtain all Indices.	N/A	Dataset	REST URL is - http://wcf.spws.me.uk/Service1.svc/REST/NETSPWCF/Indices	Example URL is - http://wcf.spws.me.uk/Service1.svc/REST/NETSPWCF/Indices	Example of consuming XML in html via xmlhttp object http://wcf.spws.me.uk/GetAllIndices.html
  GetCompanySymbolContains(string CompanyName)	GetCompanySymbolContains returns a companies symbol based upon its name containing the string passed.	Company Name containing the string passed.	Dataset	REST URL is - http://wcf.spws.me.uk/Service1.svc/REST/NETSPWCF/SymbolContains={CompanyName}	REST Example is - http://wcf.spws.me.uk/Service1.svc/REST/NETSPWCF/SymbolContains=Santander	Example of consuming XML in html via xmlhttp object http://wcf.spws.me.uk/GetCompanySymbolContains.html
  GetCompanySymbolStart(string CompanyName)	GetCompanySymbolStart returns a companies symbol based upon the beginning part of its name.	Company Name starting with the string passed.	Dataset	REST URL is - http://wcf.spws.me.uk/Service1.svc/REST/NETSPWCF/SymbolStart={CompanyName}	REST Example is - http://wcf.spws.me.uk/Service1.svc/REST/NETSPWCF/SymbolStart=Banco	Example of consuming XML in html via xmlhttp object http://wcf.spws.me.uk/GetCompanySymbolStart.html
  GetCompanySymbol(string CompanyName)	Method to Obtain a Companies Symbol via its full name (as a string).	Full Company Name passed as a string.	Dataset	REST URL is - http://wcf.spws.me.uk/Service1.svc/REST/NETSPWCF/format=xml/Symbol={CompanyName}	REST Example is -http://wcf.spws.me.uk/Service1.svc/REST/NETSPWCF/Symbol=BP	Example of consuming XML in html via xmlhttp object http://wcf.spws.me.uk/GetCompanySymbol.html
  GetSharePrice(string CompanySymbol)	Method to Obtain a Companies Share Price via its Symbol (as a string).	Full Company Symbol passed as a string.	Dataset	REST URL is - http://wcf.spws.me.uk/Service1.svc/REST/NETSPWCF/Price={CompanySymbol}	REST Example is - http://wcf.spws.me.uk/Service1.svc/REST/NETSPWCF/Price=III.L	Example of consuming XML in html via xmlhttp object http://wcf.spws.me.uk/GetSharePrice.html
  GetAllCompPrices(int indexid)	Method to Obtain all companies name and share price by index (as integer).	Indexid (see Ref Table II below).	Dataset	REST URL - http://wcf.spws.me.uk/Service1.svc/REST/NETSPWCF/Prices?indexid={indexid}	REST Example - http://wcf.spws.me.uk/Service1.svc/REST/NETSPWCF/Prices?indexid=1	Example of consuming XML in html via xmlhttp object http://wcf.spws.me.uk/GetAllCompPrices.html
  GetAllCompanies(int indexid)	Method to Obtain all Company Symbols by index (as integer).	Indexid (see Ref Table II below)	Dataset	REST URL - http://wcf.spws.me.uk/Service1.svc/REST/NETSPWCF/Companies?indexid={indexid}	REST Example - http://wcf.spws.me.uk/Service1.svc/REST/NETSPWCF/Companies?indexid=1	Example of consuming XML in html via xmlhttp object http://wcf.spws.me.uk/GetAllCompanies.html

• Method 1 - Consuming the service via a .NET Client (Webforms/Winforms)
1. see the 'Client' part of the article on - this page.
• Method 2 - Testing Service Methods by web browser
1. entering the url methods directly into the address area of a web browser such as firefox/internet explorer/safari/chrome/opera.