# Shortable info is not available in api.get\_asset

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/shortable-info-is-not-available-in-api-get-asset/3941>\
**Category:** App-Integration\
**Created:** [January 14, 2021, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/shortable-info-is-not-available-in-api-get-asset/3941 "2021-01-14T09:00:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![babayking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@babayking](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/babayking)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2021, 9:00am UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/shortable-info-is-not-available-in-api-get-asset/3941/1 "2021-01-14T09:00:23Z")

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This is what I get. It was supposed to show “Shortable”, “easy to borrow” etc. Where are they?

Asset({ ‘asset\_class’: ‘us\_equity’,  
‘close\_price’: ‘130.89’,  
‘close\_price\_date’: ‘2021-01-13’,  
‘deprecated\_on’: None,  
‘exchange’: ‘NASDAQ’,  
‘id’: ‘b0b6dd9d-8b9b-48a9-ba46-b9d54906e415’,  
‘prev\_id’: None,  
‘prev\_price’: ‘128.8’,  
‘prev\_price\_date’: ‘2021-01-12’,  
‘reorg’: False,  
‘status’: ‘active’,  
‘symbol’: ‘AAPL’,  
‘tradable’: True})

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**Author:** ![babayking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@babayking](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/babayking)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/shortable-info-is-not-available-in-api-get-asset/3941/2 "2021-01-15T18:18:59Z")

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any help from anyone?

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**Author:** ![babayking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@babayking](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/babayking)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/shortable-info-is-not-available-in-api-get-asset/3941/3 "2021-01-18T20:00:44Z")

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nobody replied, so I am replying to my own thread. Figured it out, need to use Api\_v2 to get shortable info