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Authentication

db_has_key()
Is a Databento API key configured?

Metadata

Discovery and previews. Every endpoint here is free of charge, which is why a cost preview belongs in front of every download.

db_list_publishers()
List the publishers Databento serves
db_list_datasets()
List available datasets
db_list_schemas()
List the schemas available for a dataset
db_list_fields()
List the fields of one schema and encoding
db_list_unit_prices()
List the unit prices of a dataset
db_get_dataset_condition()
Report the condition of a dataset, day by day
db_get_dataset_range()
Report the available date range of a dataset
db_get_record_count()
Count the records a request would return
db_get_billable_size()
Report the billable size of a request in bytes
db_get_cost()
Preview the cost of a request in US dollars

Time series

The one billed endpoint, and the column types it assigns.

db_get_range()
Download a historical range as a tibble
db_field_types()
Column types databentoR gives a CSV download

Symbology

db_resolve()
Resolve symbols from one symbol type to another

Batch jobs

Asynchronous delivery for requests too large to stream.

db_batch_submit_job()
Submit a batch job
db_batch_get_job_details()
Look up one batch job
db_batch_list_jobs()
List your batch jobs
db_batch_list_files()
List the files a finished batch job produced
db_batch_download()
Download the output of a batch job

Reference data

Corporate actions, adjustment factors and the security master.

db_adjustment_factors()
Corporate-action adjustment factors
db_corporate_actions()
Corporate actions
db_corporate_action_events()
List the corporate-action event types
db_corporate_action_enums()
List the corporate-action enumerations
db_security_master()
Security master over a time range
db_security_master_last()
Latest security-master record per security

Value domains

db_schemas() db_stypes() db_encodings() db_compressions()
Schemas, symbol types, encodings and compressions