Unfortunately we do not provide Morning Star data (e.g. days to cover, shares short, short % of float) via the API.
A shortable tick indicator is provided via the API which indicates whether:
- The security is not available for short selling;
- The security will be available if a locate can be performed;
- There are at least 1,000 shares available to borrow.
For information on the available tick types via the API, please visit the documentation.
IBKR provides a sFTP site through which the exact number of shares available to short are available programmatically. See KB2024 for details.