# Short Data

`GET` `https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/shorts/{ticker}/data`

Returns short data including rebate rate and short shares available for a ticker.


## Authentication

```
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```

## Path Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `ticker` | SingleTicker | Yes | A single ticker |

## Query Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `newer_than` | NewerThan | No | The unix time in milliseconds or seconds at which no older results will be returned. Can be used with `older_than` to paginate by time. Also accepts an ISO date or RFC 3339 datetime (example: 2024-01-25). |
| `older_than` | OlderThan | No | The unix time in milliseconds or seconds at which no newer results will be returned. Can be used with `newer_than` to paginate by time. Also accepts an ISO date or RFC 3339 datetime (example: 2024-01-25). |


## Response (200)

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `currency` | string | The currency used for fee and rebate rates. |
| `fee_rate` | string | The fee rate for shorting the stock, expressed as a percentage. |
| `name` | string | The company name. |
| `rebate_rate` | string | The rebate rate for shorting the stock, expressed as a percentage. |
| `short_shares_available` | integer | The number of shares available to short. |
| `symbol` | string | The ticker symbol. |
| `timestamp` | string | The timestamp when the short data was recorded. |


## Example

### curl

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/shorts/{ticker}/data" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"
```

### Python

```python
import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.unusualwhales.com")
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Accept": "application/json"}
conn.request("GET", "/api/shorts/{ticker}/data", headers=headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
print(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
```

## Response Example

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "currency": "USD",
      "fee_rate": "0.42",
      "name": "EXAMPLE COMPANY INC",
      "rebate_rate": "2.75",
      "short_shares_available": 5000000,
      "symbol": "EXMP",
      "timestamp": "2025-03-15T14:30:00Z"
    },
    {
      "currency": "USD",
      "fee_rate": "0.38",
      "name": "EXAMPLE COMPANY INC",
      "rebate_rate": "2.80",
      "short_shares_available": 5250000,
      "symbol": "EXMP",
      "timestamp": "2025-03-15T11:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "currency": "USD",
      "fee_rate": "0.45",
      "name": "EXAMPLE COMPANY INC",
      "rebate_rate": "2.65",
      "short_shares_available": 4800000,
      "symbol": "EXMP",
      "timestamp": "2025-03-14T16:45:00Z"
    }
  ]
}
```