Finnhub - Get company symbol

Important: This connector and its actions have been removed from Nintex Workflow and can now be found in Nintex Gallery.

Use the Finnhub - Get company symbol action A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. Actions are the steps the workflow performs to complete a process. to search for and retrieve a company's symbol from Finnhub.

A company's symbol is the company's identification on stock markets and financial reports. You use this symbol in the Finnhub - Get company profile and Finnhub - Get company basic financial information actions.

For more information about Finnhub, go to Finnhub.

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Configure the Finnhub - Get company symbol action

  1. Add the action to the workflow and open the action configuration panel. For more information, see Add an action to the workflow.

  1. Select a Connection. If you do not have a connection, see Add a connection.
  1. Specify the Search input value.
  2. Create or select a variable for the output.

For more information on all the required and optional configuration fields, go to Finnhub - Get company symbol action fields and settings.

Finnhub - Get company symbol action fields and settings

Section

Field

Description

Variable types

(Unlabeled)

Connection Credentials and other settings that enables workflows to communicate with external systems, services, or applications. It's required to pass data between the workflow and the indicated service, which could be a cloud service, business application, or content store.

The Finnhub connection to use to get the company's symbol.

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(n/a)
Search

The search string to identify the company whose symbol you want retrieved.

ISIN is an acronym for International Securities Identification Number.

CUSIP stands for Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures - CUSIP numbers consist of nine characters (including letters and numbers) that uniquely identify a company or issuer and the type of financial instrument.

 Text, Decimal, Integer, Boolean, DateTime, Collection
Output Company symbol details

Stores the result of the action as an object. See Finnhub API for more details. The following values are returned:

  • Array of search results: (Collection).

    • Symbol description: (Text)

    • Display name: (Text)

    • Unique symbol identifier: (Text)

    • Security type: (Text)

  • Number of results: (Integer)
 Object