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Reuters Authentication API

Authenticate with Reuters Connect to obtain an authorization token. Tokens are required for all content API calls and should be cached and renewed periodically.

Reuters Authentication API is one of 4 APIs that Reuters publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 2 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Authentication. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a JSON-LD context, and 2 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://rmb.reuters.com/rmd/rest/xml, https://commerce.reuters.com/rmd/rest/xml.

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Servers
https://rmb.reuters.com/rmd/rest/xml
https://commerce.reuters.com/rmd/rest/xml
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Reuters Authentication API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as token (tokenAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • tokenAuth — Authorization token obtained from the /login endpoint. Must be included as a query parameter in all content API requests.

Paths & Operations 1

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

Authentication 1

Authenticate with Reuters Connect to obtain an authorization token. Tokens are required for all content API calls and should be cached and renewed periodically.

POST
/login
Authenticate and Obtain Authorization Token
login 2 params → 200401403500

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Error (2 properties), AuthTokenResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

AuthTokenResponse
object
Authentication response containing the authorization token.
1 property
Error
object
An error response from the Reuters Connect API.
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

reuters-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Reuters publishes across the network.

Reuters Channels API
Reuters Items API
Reuters Search API