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TD Ameritrade Holding Instruments API

Security and instrument search

TD Ameritrade Holding Instruments API is one of 9 APIs that TD Ameritrade Holding publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.tdameritrade.com/v1.

2 operations 2 paths 2 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1
Base URL
https://api.tdameritrade.com/v1
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

TD Ameritrade Holding Instruments API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 3 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • OAuth2 — TD Ameritrade uses OAuth 2.0 token-based authentication

Paths & Operations 2

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

Instruments 2

Security and instrument search

GET
/instruments
Search Instruments
searchInstruments 2 params → 200401
GET
/instruments/{cusip}
Get Instrument
getInstrument 1 param → 200401404

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Instrument (5 properties), Error (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Instrument
object
A financial instrument (stock, ETF, option, etc.)
5 properties
Error
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

td-ameritrade-holding-instruments-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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TD Ameritrade Holding Orders API
TD Ameritrade Holding Saved Orders API
TD Ameritrade Holding Transactions API
TD Ameritrade Holding User Management API
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