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Morningstar Universe API

Utility API for resolving the investment universes and identifiers available to an account across Direct Web Services.

Morningstar Universe API is one of 18 APIs that Morningstar publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Universe and Reference Data. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 13 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://www.us-api.morningstar.com/token, https://www.emea-api.morningstar.com/token, https://www.apac-api.morningstar.com/token.

1 operations 1 paths 13 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://www.us-api.morningstar.com
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

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

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Investments Universe 1
GET
/direct-web-services/v1/investments
Query entitled universe to retrieve investment metadata
getInvestmentsUniverse 10 params → 200400

Schemas 13

The contract defines 13 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DataModelBasicReference (99 properties), DataModelCompanyInformation (35 properties), DataModelShareClassInformation (30 properties), ResponseInvestmentsMetadata (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ResponseInvestments
object
Response containing investment results and metadata.
2 properties 2 required
DataPointString
object
2 properties
DataPointIntegerLong
object
2 properties
DataPointBoolean
object
2 properties
DataModelCompanyInformation
object
35 properties
DataModelBasicReference
object
99 properties
ResponseInvestmentsIdentifiers
object
Investment identifiers.
1 property
ErrorResponse
object
Status 400 Code and Message
4 properties
ResponseInvestmentsMetadata
object
8 properties
ResponseInvestmentsMetadataExchanges
object
2 properties
DataModelShareClassInformation
object
30 properties
ResponseInvestment
object
Investment entry returned as part of the universe lookup.
5 properties
DataModelDelistInformation
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

morningstar-investments-universe-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Morningstar publishes across the network.

Morningstar Market Data Web Services API
Morningstar Authentication API
Morningstar Time Series API
Morningstar Screener APIs
Morningstar Investment Details APIs
Morningstar Investment List API
Morningstar Portfolio Analysis APIs
Morningstar AI Insights API
Morningstar Scenario Analysis API
Morningstar Risk Profiler API
Morningstar Financial Planning APIs
Morningstar Investment Analysis APIs
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