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Backend Challenge - Stock Market API

Introduction

Create an API that provides stock market data, including prices, trends, and basic analytics.

This challenge is tech-agnostic. Choose your preferred programming language, framework, database, and ORM. For junior level, focus on core technologies without advanced features like caching.

Objectives

  • Fetch and serve financial data
  • Implement data aggregation
  • Handle real-time or cached data

Instructions

  1. Environment Setup:

    • Programming language and web framework
    • Database
    • Docker (recommended for containerization)

  2. Implementation Details:

    • Create endpoints to get stock prices, historical data, and market indices
    • Integrate with a stock data API or use mock data

  3. Testing:

    • Test with real stock symbols like AAPL or GOOGL

Possible Improvements

  • Add portfolio tracking
  • Implement real-time updates with WebSockets
  • Include technical indicators

Conclusion

By completing this challenge, you will learn to work with external APIs and financial data.

Happy coding!