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Refinitiv Eikon Authentication API

OAuth 2.0 token management for API access

Refinitiv Eikon Authentication API is one of 47 APIs that Refinitiv Eikon publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.refinitiv.com.

2 operations 2 paths 3 schemas 2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.refinitiv.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Refinitiv Eikon Authentication API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — OAuth 2.0 bearer token obtained from the authentication endpoint. Access tokens are valid for five minutes and must be refreshed using the refresh token.

Paths & Operations 2

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

Authentication 2

OAuth 2.0 token management for API access

POST
/auth/oauth2/v1/token
Obtain Access Token
getAccessToken body → 200400401
POST
/Authentication/RequestToken
Request Authentication Token
requestToken body → 200401

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TokenResponse (5 properties), Error (1 property), Error_2 (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Error_2
object
Standard error response from the DataScope Select API.
1 property
TokenResponse
object
OAuth 2.0 token response containing the access token and refresh token for subsequent API calls.
5 properties
Error
object
Standard error response from the Refinitiv Data Platform.
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

refinitiv-eikon-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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