> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://edgeful.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# update watchlist

> add and remove tickers on one market's watchlist. tickers are uppercased and must be known on that market; additions append in order and duplicates change nothing. returns the previous and current lists and what changed. this changes your account, and Edgeful shows the change after a reload. requires the key's write permission.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi-public.json post /v1/settings/watchlists
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Edgeful API
  description: >-
    Public API reference for Edgeful market analysis. The bearer token is your
    Edgeful API key. Reports support the docs playground. Report responses
    include row-level output in `detailed` only when your plan includes
    row-level detail.
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.edgeful.com
    description: Production
security:
  - BearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: reports
  - name: discovery
  - name: live data
  - name: settings
  - name: custom reports
paths:
  /v1/settings/watchlists:
    post:
      tags:
        - settings
      summary: update watchlist
      description: >-
        add and remove tickers on one market's watchlist. tickers are uppercased
        and must be known on that market; additions append in order and
        duplicates change nothing. returns the previous and current lists and
        what changed. this changes your account, and Edgeful shows the change
        after a reload. requires the key's write permission.
      operationId: update_watchlist
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/WatchlistUpdateRequest'
            examples:
              default:
                summary: add NQ to the futures watchlist and drop YM
                value:
                  market: futures
                  add:
                    - NQ
                  remove:
                    - YM
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful Response
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/WatchlistUpdateResponse'
        '400':
          description: >-
            The request names a value Edgeful cannot use; `detail` says which
            values are valid.
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                refused:
                  summary: refused
                  value:
                    detail: NQX is not a futures ticker Edgeful knows.
        '403':
          description: >-
            Valid API key, but the account has no API-enabled subscription or
            the key's writes are off.
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                missing_entitlement:
                  summary: missing entitlement
                  value:
                    detail:
                      detail: No active subscription with API access found.
                      code: missing_entitlement
                writes_disabled:
                  summary: writes disabled
                  value:
                    detail:
                      detail: >-
                        Enable writes for this API key or connected Claude in
                        the API dashboard.
                      code: writes_disabled
        '422':
          description: Validation Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError'
        '429':
          description: >-
            The account's settings write budget is exhausted; wait `Retry-After`
            seconds. Refused attempts count too.
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                write_budget_exhausted:
                  summary: write budget exhausted
                  value:
                    detail:
                      detail: Settings write limit reached. Try again shortly.
                      code: write_budget_exhausted
          headers:
            Retry-After:
              description: seconds to wait before sending the write again.
              schema:
                type: integer
        '503':
          description: The write budget could not be checked; retry shortly.
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                write_limits_unavailable:
                  summary: write limits unavailable
                  value:
                    detail:
                      detail: >-
                        Settings write limits are temporarily unavailable. Try
                        again shortly.
                      code: write_limits_unavailable
      security:
        - BearerAuth: []
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: curl
          label: cURL
          source: |-
            curl --request POST \
              --url 'https://api.edgeful.com/v1/settings/watchlists' \
              --header 'Authorization: Bearer <api-key>' \
              --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
              --data '{"market": "futures", "add": ["NQ"], "remove": ["YM"]}'
        - lang: python
          label: Python
          source: |-
            import requests

            url = "https://api.edgeful.com/v1/settings/watchlists"
            headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <api-key>"}
            payload = {'market': 'futures', 'add': ['NQ'], 'remove': ['YM']}

            response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
            print(response.json())
        - lang: javascript
          label: JavaScript
          source: |-
            const url = "https://api.edgeful.com/v1/settings/watchlists";
            const options = {
              method: "POST",
              headers: { Authorization: "Bearer <api-key>", "Content-Type": "application/json" },
              body: JSON.stringify({"market": "futures", "add": ["NQ"], "remove": ["YM"]}),
            };

            const response = await fetch(url, options);
            const data = await response.json();
            console.log(data);
        - lang: php
          label: PHP
          source: >-
            <?php

            $ch = curl_init("https://api.edgeful.com/v1/settings/watchlists");

            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");

            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: Bearer
            <api-key>", "Content-Type: application/json"]);

            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, '{"market": "futures", "add":
            ["NQ"], "remove": ["YM"]}');

            curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

            $response = curl_exec($ch);

            curl_close($ch);

            echo $response;
        - lang: go
          label: Go
          source: |-
            package main

            import (
                "fmt"
                "io"
                "net/http"
                "strings"
            )

            func main() {
                req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.edgeful.com/v1/settings/watchlists", strings.NewReader(`{"market": "futures", "add": ["NQ"], "remove": ["YM"]}`))
                req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer <api-key>")
                req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
                resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
                defer resp.Body.Close()
                body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
                fmt.Println(string(body))
            }
        - lang: java
          label: Java
          source: >-
            import java.net.URI;

            import java.net.http.HttpClient;

            import java.net.http.HttpRequest;

            import java.net.http.HttpResponse;


            HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();

            HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
                .uri(URI.create("https://api.edgeful.com/v1/settings/watchlists"))
                .header("Authorization", "Bearer <api-key>")
                .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
                .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{\"market\": \"futures\", \"add\": [\"NQ\"], \"remove\": [\"YM\"]}"))
                .build();
            HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request,
            HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

            System.out.println(response.body());
        - lang: ruby
          label: Ruby
          source: >-
            require "net/http"

            require "uri"


            uri = URI("https://api.edgeful.com/v1/settings/watchlists")

            request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)

            request["Authorization"] = "Bearer <api-key>"

            request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"

            request.body = '{"market": "futures", "add": ["NQ"], "remove":
            ["YM"]}'


            response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl:
            uri.scheme == "https") do |http|
              http.request(request)
            end

            puts response.body
components:
  schemas:
    WatchlistUpdateRequest:
      properties:
        market:
          type: string
          enum:
            - futures
            - stock
            - forex
            - crypto
          title: Market
          description: the market whose watchlist changes.
        add:
          anyOf:
            - items:
                type: string
                maxLength: 30
                minLength: 1
              type: array
              maxItems: 100
            - type: 'null'
          title: Add
          description: >-
            tickers to append in order, uppercased and validated on the market;
            duplicates change nothing.
        remove:
          anyOf:
            - items:
                type: string
                maxLength: 30
                minLength: 1
              type: array
              maxItems: 100
            - type: 'null'
          title: Remove
          description: tickers to drop; a missing ticker changes nothing.
      additionalProperties: false
      type: object
      required:
        - market
      title: WatchlistUpdateRequest
    WatchlistUpdateResponse:
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          title: Status
          description: updated or unchanged.
        market:
          type: string
          title: Market
          description: the market.
        previous:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
          title: Previous
          description: the list before this write, for undo.
        current:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
          title: Current
          description: the list after this write.
        changed:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/WatchlistChanged'
          description: what this write changed.
      additionalProperties: true
      type: object
      required:
        - status
        - market
        - previous
        - current
        - changed
      title: WatchlistUpdateResponse
    HTTPValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          type: array
          title: Detail
      type: object
      title: HTTPValidationError
    WatchlistChanged:
      properties:
        added:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
          title: Added
          description: tickers appended.
        removed:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
          title: Removed
          description: tickers dropped.
      additionalProperties: true
      type: object
      required:
        - added
        - removed
      title: WatchlistChanged
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        loc:
          items:
            anyOf:
              - type: string
              - type: integer
          type: array
          title: Location
        msg:
          type: string
          title: Message
        type:
          type: string
          title: Error Type
        input:
          title: Input
        ctx:
          type: object
          title: Context
      type: object
      required:
        - loc
        - msg
        - type
      title: ValidationError
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: API Key
      description: >-
        Send your Edgeful API key in the Authorization header as `Bearer
        <api-key>` (for example, `Bearer ef_live_<random>`).

````

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