Need for ISIN in "instruments" list API call as ticker/symbol names subject to change.

ketanshah
Greetings,

I am hoping zerodha could consider adding isin to the instruments list.

Reasons

1. Ticker symbols can change due to corporate actions (e.g., mergers, rebranding).
2. ISIN is Permanent
3. Standardized Across Exchanges
4. Easier to map external data (e.g. financials for backtesting)
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  • Sravanthi_bh
    You may check out similar discussion here.
  • ketanshah
    Thanks @Sravanthi_bh

    It's seems that zerodha has acknowledged this for a long time but haven't yet integrated it

    This is a basic building block for any quant based system. I am a bit surprised it's not yet implemented

    Regards
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