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Stock → Stock Historical Employee Count

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Overview

This node interacts with the Finnhub.io API to retrieve historical employee count data for a specified company symbol within a given date range. It is useful for financial analysts, HR researchers, or investors who want to analyze workforce trends over time for publicly traded companies.

Use Case Examples

  1. Retrieve the historical employee count for Apple Inc. from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020, to analyze workforce changes during that period.
  2. Fetch employee count data for Tesla between 2018 and 2023 to study company growth and staffing trends.

Properties

Name Meaning
Premium Access Toggle to use premium Finnhub endpoints based on your credential.
Symbol The stock symbol of the company to retrieve employee count data for.
From Start date for the historical data in YYYY-MM-DD format.
To End date for the historical data in YYYY-MM-DD format.
Request Options Additional request settings such as batching, SSL certificate handling, proxy configuration, and timeout settings.

Output

JSON

  • symbol - The stock symbol for which the employee count data was retrieved.
  • from - The start date of the requested historical data range.
  • to - The end date of the requested historical data range.
  • data - Array of employee count records, each containing date and employee count information.

Dependencies

  • Finnhub API key credential for authentication

Troubleshooting

  • Ensure the Finnhub API key credential is correctly configured and has access to the required endpoints.
  • Verify that the date format for 'From' and 'To' fields is YYYY-MM-DD to avoid request errors.
  • Check network settings if using a proxy or if SSL certificate validation issues occur.
  • If batching is enabled, adjust batch size and interval to avoid hitting API rate limits.

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