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GET /v1/index

One volatility index

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/volatilityindices-api/v1/index" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/volatilityindices-api/v1/index", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/volatilityindices-api/v1/index");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/volatilityindices-api/v1/index",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "name": "VIX",
        "as_of": "2026-06-08T20:15:01.000Z",
        "index": "vix",
        "level": 18.92,
        "change": -2.59,
        "regime": "normal",
        "symbol": "^VIX",
        "day_low": 17.94,
        "day_high": 20.35,
        "change_pct": -12.04,
        "week52_low": 13.38,
        "asset_class": "S&P 500",
        "description": "30-day implied volatility of the S&P 500 — the market's headline fear index.",
        "week52_high": 35.3,
        "previous_close": 21.51
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-09T03:02:01.698Z",
        "request_id": "ea436a9d-e50f-4aa6-a368-6fcb670bb6a8"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Index retrieved successfully",
    "success": true
}