[Question]: No support for the options/contracts endpoint?

[JimCollinsDC]

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I looked through the code and can't find a way to hit the options/contracts endpoint. I need this to get the options contract open interest. I can get the volume by using the get_option_bars call.
PS super annoying that this data isn't included in the get_option_chain data like everyone else does, having to make separate calls for volume and open interest is asinine.

[hiohiohio]

@JimCollinsDC get_option_contracts() in the TradingClient is the you want to call? I have seen some request to include open interest into option chain so far. Unfortunately, we are not providing it currently. You need to call Alpaca API twice for your usage. One possibility alpaca-py could is to call those 2 API endpoints seamlessly in the alpaca-py layer instead. But not planned those changes yet.