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Factset Spotlights API

Get Spotlight data for the most important positive and negative ESG events

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Factset Spotlights API is one of 460 APIs that Factset publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Spotlights. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, code examples, a changelog, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 4 operations across 2 paths, and defines 14 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.factset.com, https://api-sandbox.factset.com.

4 operations 2 paths 14 schemas 2 GET2 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.factset.com
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Contact
FactSet Research Systems
License
Apache License, Version 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Factset Spotlights API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 4

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 2 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Spotlights 4

Get Spotlight data for the most important positive and negative ESG events

GET
/factset-esg/v1/sasb-spotlights
Factset Gets Spotlight Data for the Most Important Positive and Negative Esg Events to Enable Timely and Systematic Trading Strategies and Portfolio Management
getSasbSpotlights 7 params → 200400401403408415500
POST
/factset-esg/v1/sasb-spotlights
Factset Gets Spotlight Data for the Most Important Positive and Negative Esg Events to Enable Timely and Systematic Trading Strategies and Portfolio Management
getSasbSpotlightsForList body → 200400401403408415500
GET
/factset-esg/v1/sdg-spotlights
Factset Gets Spotlight Data for the Most Important Positive and Negative Esg Events to Enable Timely and Systematic Trading Strategies and Portfolio Management
getSdgSpotlights 7 params → 200400401403408415500
POST
/factset-esg/v1/sdg-spotlights
Factset Gets Spotlight Data for the Most Important Positive and Negative Esg Events to Enable Timely and Systematic Trading Strategies and Portfolio Management
getSdgSpotlightsForList body → 200400401403408415500

Schemas 14

The contract defines 14 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are sasbSpotlightsRequest (7 properties), sdgSpotlightsRequest (7 properties), errorResponse (5 properties), Spotlights (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

sdgEndDate
string
The end date requested for a given date range in YYYY-MM-DD format. The input end date must be after the input start date. Future dates (T+1) are not accepted…
spotlightsResponse
object
1 property
Spotlights
object
3 properties 3 required
fieldsSasbSpotlights
array
Request available SASB Spotlights data fields to be included in the response. Default is all fields. fsymId,orgId, date, spotlightId, groupId and requestId are…
isRemoved
boolean
This parameter would return the spotlights removed in the response(i.e. Spotlight is marked as Rejected but has a firstApprovedOnDate))when set to true Only Sp…
sasbSpotlightsRequest
object
SASB Spotlights Request Body
7 properties 1 required
errorResponse
object
5 properties
primaryOnly
boolean
Return only primary spotlights when set to true
sdgSpotlightsRequest
object
SDG Spotlights Request Body
7 properties 1 required
sdgStartDate
string
The start date requested for a given date range in YYYY-MM-DD format. The input start date must be before the input end date. Future dates (T+1) are not accept…
paiIds
array
Security or Entity identifiers. FactSet Identifiers, tickers, CUSIP and SEDOL are accepted input. Make note, GET Method URL request lines are also limited to a…
fieldsSdgSpotlights
array
Request available SDG Spotlights data fields to be included in the response. Default is all fields. fsymId,orgId, date, spotlightId, groupId and requestId are…
sdgSpotlightCategories
array
The SDG Categories specified for the Truvalue Scores being requested. To specify select categories returned in the response, provide a comma-separated list of…
sasbSpotlightsCategories
array
The SASB Categories requested for the respective scoreType(s). The default value is ALLCATEGORIES, which represents all 26 categories in a single overall score…

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

factset-spotlights-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
factset:factset-spotlights-api
Base URL
https://api.factset.com
Docs
https://developer.factset.com/api-catalog/pa-engine-api
Provider
Factset
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