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Refinitiv Eikon Search API

Search across organizations, instruments, quotes, and indicators

Refinitiv Eikon Search 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 Search. 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 5 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 5 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 Search 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.

Search 2

Search across organizations, instruments, quotes, and indicators

POST
/discovery/search/v1/
Search for Instruments
searchInstruments body → 200400401
POST
/Search/InstrumentSearch
Search for Instruments
searchInstruments body → 200400

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SearchRequest (7 properties), InstrumentSearchResult (5 properties), SearchResponse (2 properties), Error (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
SearchResponse
object
Response containing search results for the query.
2 properties
SearchRequest
object
Request body for instrument search operations.
7 properties
InstrumentSearchResult
object
Search result for an instrument lookup.
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-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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