Refinitiv Data Platform (RDP) API

Cloud-enabled RESTful API providing access to streaming and non-streaming financial data, news, research, and analytics. It serves as the primary programmatic interface to the breadth of Refinitiv content on the LSEG Data Platform.

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Tutorials
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Pricing
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NaftikoCapability
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OpenAPI Specification

refinitiv-data-platform-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Refinitiv Data Platform (RDP) APIs
  description: >-
    Cloud-enabled RESTful API providing access to streaming and non-streaming
    financial data, news, research, and analytics. It serves as the primary
    programmatic interface to the breadth of Refinitiv content on the LSEG Data
    Platform, including historical pricing, ESG data, news, quantitative
    analytics, symbology, and search services.
  version: '1.0.0'
  contact:
    name: LSEG Developer Support
    url: https://developers.lseg.com/en/support
  termsOfService: https://developers.lseg.com/en/terms-and-conditions
externalDocs:
  description: Refinitiv Data Platform API Documentation
  url: https://developers.lseg.com/en/api-catalog/refinitiv-data-platform/refinitiv-data-platform-apis/documentation
servers:
  - url: https://api.refinitiv.com
    description: Production Server
tags:
  - name: Authentication
    description: >-
      OAuth 2.0 token management for obtaining and refreshing access tokens
      required by all other API endpoints.
  - name: ESG
    description: >-
      Environmental, Social, and Governance data including scores, measures,
      carbon emissions, and controversy tracking across thousands of companies.
  - name: Historical Pricing
    description: >-
      Access to historical interday and intraday pricing data for financial
      instruments including summaries, events, and time series.
  - name: News
    description: >-
      Access to real-time and historical news headlines and stories from
      Reuters and other sources.
  - name: Pricing
    description: >-
      Real-time and delayed snapshot pricing data for financial instruments
      and pricing chains.
  - name: Quantitative Analytics
    description: >-
      Instrument Pricing Analytics (IPA) service for pricing financial
      contracts, calculating risk measures, and running quantitative models.
  - name: Search
    description: >-
      Discovery and search across organizations, instruments, quotes, and
      economic indicators.
  - name: Streaming
    description: >-
      Service discovery for streaming connections to real-time pricing
      and data services.
  - name: Symbology
    description: >-
      Symbol lookup and conversion between different identifier types
      including RIC, ISIN, CUSIP, SEDOL, and PermID.
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /auth/oauth2/v1/token:
    post:
      operationId: getToken
      summary: Request Access Token
      description: >-
        Obtains an OAuth 2.0 access token using password grant or refresh token
        grant. The access token is required for all subsequent API calls and is
        valid for five minutes. The response also includes a refresh token that
        can be used to obtain new access tokens without re-authenticating.
      tags:
        - Authentication
      security: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - client_id
                - grant_type
              properties:
                username:
                  type: string
                  description: >-
                    The user's machine account username. Required for password
                    grant type.
                password:
                  type: string
                  description: >-
                    The user's machine account password. Required for password
                    grant type.
                client_id:
                  type: string
                  description: >-
                    The application client ID provided during registration.
                grant_type:
                  type: string
                  description: >-
                    The OAuth 2.0 grant type. Use password for initial
                    authentication or refresh_token for token renewal.
                  enum:
                    - password
                    - refresh_token
                refresh_token:
                  type: string
                  description: >-
                    The refresh token from a previous authentication. Required
                    for refresh_token grant type.
                scope:
                  type: string
                  description: >-
                    The scope of access requested. Each RDP resource has a
                    permission scope assigned to it.
                takeExclusiveSignOnControl:
                  type: string
                  description: >-
                    When set to true, forces sign-on even if another session
                    exists for the same credentials.
                  enum:
                    - 'true'
                    - 'false'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful authentication
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TokenResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters
        '401':
          description: Invalid credentials
  /data/historical-pricing/v1/views/interday-summaries/{universe}:
    get:
      operationId: getInterdaySummaries
      summary: Get Interday Pricing Summaries
      description: >-
        Retrieves historical interday pricing summaries for a given instrument,
        including open, high, low, close, and volume data points. Supports
        date range filtering and adjustments for corporate actions.
      tags:
        - Historical Pricing
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/universe'
        - name: start
          in: query
          description: >-
            Start date for the historical data range in ISO 8601 format.
          schema:
            type: string
            format: date
        - name: end
          in: query
          description: >-
            End date for the historical data range in ISO 8601 format.
          schema:
            type: string
            format: date
        - name: count
          in: query
          description: >-
            Maximum number of data points to return.
          schema:
            type: integer
        - name: adjustments
          in: query
          description: >-
            Comma-separated list of adjustment types to apply such as
            exchangeCorrection and capitalChange.
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Historical pricing data returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HistoricalPricingResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Instrument not found
  /data/historical-pricing/v1/views/intraday-summaries/{universe}:
    get:
      operationId: getIntradaySummaries
      summary: Get Intraday Pricing Summaries
      description: >-
        Retrieves historical intraday pricing summaries for a given instrument
        at configurable intervals. Returns time-stamped OHLCV bars for the
        requested period.
      tags:
        - Historical Pricing
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/universe'
        - name: start
          in: query
          description: >-
            Start date-time for the data range in ISO 8601 format.
          schema:
            type: string
            format: date-time
        - name: end
          in: query
          description: >-
            End date-time for the data range in ISO 8601 format.
          schema:
            type: string
            format: date-time
        - name: interval
          in: query
          description: >-
            The interval between data points such as PT1M, PT5M, PT1H.
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: count
          in: query
          description: >-
            Maximum number of data points to return.
          schema:
            type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Intraday pricing data returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HistoricalPricingResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Instrument not found
  /data/historical-pricing/v1/views/events/{universe}:
    get:
      operationId: getHistoricalPricingEvents
      summary: Get Historical Pricing Events
      description: >-
        Retrieves historical trade and quote events for a given instrument,
        providing tick-level data for detailed analysis of market activity.
      tags:
        - Historical Pricing
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/universe'
        - name: start
          in: query
          description: >-
            Start date-time for the data range in ISO 8601 format.
          schema:
            type: string
            format: date-time
        - name: end
          in: query
          description: >-
            End date-time for the data range in ISO 8601 format.
          schema:
            type: string
            format: date-time
        - name: count
          in: query
          description: >-
            Maximum number of events to return.
          schema:
            type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Historical pricing events returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HistoricalPricingResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Instrument not found
  /data/pricing/snapshots/v1/:
    get:
      operationId: getPricingSnapshots
      summary: Get Pricing Snapshots
      description: >-
        Retrieves real-time or delayed pricing snapshots for one or more
        financial instruments. Returns the latest available price data
        including bid, ask, last trade, and volume.
      tags:
        - Pricing
      parameters:
        - name: universe
          in: query
          required: true
          description: >-
            Comma-separated list of instrument identifiers such as RICs.
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: fields
          in: query
          description: >-
            Comma-separated list of specific fields to return.
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Pricing snapshot data returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PricingSnapshotResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
  /pricing/chains/v1/:
    get:
      operationId: getPricingChains
      summary: Get Pricing Chains
      description: >-
        Retrieves constituent instruments for a pricing chain such as an
        options chain or futures chain identified by its chain RIC.
      tags:
        - Pricing
      parameters:
        - name: universe
          in: query
          required: true
          description: >-
            The chain RIC identifier.
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Chain constituents returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      description: >-
                        Chain constituent data.
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Chain not found
  /data/news/v1/headlines:
    get:
      operationId: getNewsHeadlines
      summary: Get News Headlines
      description: >-
        Retrieves news headlines matching the specified query criteria.
        Supports filtering by topic, instrument, date range, and other
        parameters. Returns headline text, timestamp, and story identifiers.
      tags:
        - News
      parameters:
        - name: query
          in: query
          required: true
          description: >-
            The news search query string supporting keyword search and
            advanced query syntax.
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: count
          in: query
          description: >-
            Maximum number of headlines to return.
          schema:
            type: integer
        - name: cursor
          in: query
          description: >-
            Pagination cursor for retrieving the next page of results.
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: News headlines returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewsHeadlinesResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid query parameters
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
  /data/news/v1/stories/{storyId}:
    get:
      operationId: getNewsStory
      summary: Get News Story
      description: >-
        Retrieves the full text and metadata for a specific news story
        identified by its story ID.
      tags:
        - News
      parameters:
        - name: storyId
          in: path
          required: true
          description: >-
            The unique identifier of the news story.
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: News story returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewsStory'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Story not found
  /data/environmental-social-governance/v1/views/basic:
    get:
      operationId: getEsgBasic
      summary: Get Basic ESG Scores
      description: >-
        Retrieves basic Environmental, Social, and Governance scores for
        one or more companies. Returns overall ESG scores and individual
        pillar scores.
      tags:
        - ESG
      parameters:
        - name: universe
          in: query
          required: true
          description: >-
            Comma-separated list of instrument identifiers.
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ESG scores returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EsgResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
  /data/environmental-social-governance/v1/views/measures-full:
    get:
      operationId: getEsgMeasuresFull
      summary: Get Full ESG Measures
      description: >-
        Retrieves comprehensive ESG measures including detailed environmental,
        social, and governance metrics, carbon emissions data, green revenue
        metrics, and controversy tracking for one or more companies.
      tags:
        - ESG
      parameters:
        - name: universe
          in: query
          required: true
          description: >-
            Comma-separated list of instrument identifiers.
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: start
          in: query
          description: >-
            Start year for historical ESG data.
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: end
          in: query
          description: >-
            End year for historical ESG data.
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ESG measures returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/EsgResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request parameters
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
  /data/quantitative-analytics/v1/financial-contracts:
    post:
      operationId: calculateFinancialContracts
      summary: Calculate Financial Contracts
      description: >-
        Submits financial contract definitions to the Instrument Pricing
        Analytics (IPA) engine for pricing, risk calculation, and
        quantitative analysis. Supports bonds, swaps, options, and other
        derivative instruments.
      tags:
        - Quantitative Analytics
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/FinancialContractRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Calculation results returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/FinancialContractResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid contract definition
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
  /discovery/symbology/v1/convert:
    post:
      operationId: convertSymbology
      summary: Convert Symbology Identifiers
      description: >-
        Converts financial instrument identifiers between different symbology
        types such as RIC, ISIN, CUSIP, SEDOL, ticker, and PermID. Supports
        batch conversion of multiple identifiers in a single request.
      tags:
        - Symbology
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SymbologyConvertRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Symbology conversion results returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SymbologyConvertResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid request
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
  /discovery/search/v1/:
    post:
      operationId: searchInstruments
      summary: Search for Instruments
      description: >-
        Searches across organizations, instruments, quotes, and economic
        indicators. Supports complex query expressions and filtering by
        asset class, exchange, country, and other attributes.
      tags:
        - Search
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchResponse'
        '400':
          description: Invalid search query
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
  /streaming/pricing/v1/:
    get:
      operationId: getStreamingEndpoints
      summary: Discover Streaming Endpoints
      description: >-
        Retrieves available streaming service endpoints for establishing
        WebSocket connections to real-time pricing data. Returns endpoint
        URIs and port information for connecting to the Real-Time Optimized
        streaming service.
      tags:
        - Streaming
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Streaming endpoints returned successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  services:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        endpoint:
                          type: string
                          description: >-
                            The WebSocket endpoint URI.
                        port:
                          type: integer
                          description: >-
                            The port number for the streaming connection.
                        provider:
                          type: string
                          description: >-
                            The streaming service provider.
                        dataFormat:
                          type: string
                          description: >-
                            The data format used by the streaming endpoint.
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >-
        OAuth 2.0 Bearer token obtained from the /auth/oauth2/v1/token
        endpoint. Access tokens are valid for five minutes.
  parameters:
    universe:
      name: universe
      in: path
      required: true
      description: >-
        The instrument identifier, typically a RIC such as IBM.N or AAPL.O.
      schema:
        type: string
  schemas:
    TokenResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        access_token:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The OAuth 2.0 access token to use in subsequent API requests.
        refresh_token:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Token used to obtain a new access token without re-authenticating.
        expires_in:
          type: integer
          description: >-
            The lifetime of the access token in seconds.
        scope:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The scope of access granted by the token.
        token_type:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The type of token, typically Bearer.
    HistoricalPricingResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        universe:
          type: object
          properties:
            ric:
              type: string
              description: >-
                The RIC identifier for the instrument.
            displayName:
              type: string
              description: >-
                The display name of the instrument.
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            description: >-
              Individual pricing data points with fields such as date,
              open, high, low, close, volume, and count.
        headers:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  The field name.
              type:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  The data type of the field.
    PricingSnapshotResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        universe:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              ric:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  The RIC identifier for the instrument.
              displayName:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  The display name of the instrument.
              status:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  The status of the pricing data retrieval.
        headers:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  The field name.
              type:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  The data type of the field.
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              description: >-
                Field values corresponding to the headers array.
    NewsHeadlinesResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewsHeadline'
        meta:
          type: object
          properties:
            count:
              type: integer
              description: >-
                The total number of matching headlines.
            next:
              type: string
              description: >-
                Pagination cursor for the next page of results.
    NewsHeadline:
      type: object
      properties:
        storyId:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The unique identifier of the news story.
        title:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The headline text.
        newsItem:
          type: string
          description: >-
            A reference identifier for the news item.
        sourceCode:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The code identifying the news source.
        versionCreated:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: >-
            The timestamp when the headline was created.
    NewsStory:
      type: object
      properties:
        storyId:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The unique identifier of the news story.
        title:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The headline of the story.
        body:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The full text body of the news story.
        sourceCode:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The code identifying the news source.
        versionCreated:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: >-
            The timestamp when the story was published.
    EsgResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        headers:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  The field name.
              title:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  The display title of the field.
              type:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  The data type of the field.
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              description: >-
                Field values corresponding to the headers array.
    FinancialContractRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        fields:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: >-
            List of output fields to calculate.
        outputs:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: >-
            List of output types to return.
        universe:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              instrumentType:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  The type of financial instrument such as Bond or Swap.
              instrumentDefinition:
                type: object
                description: >-
                  The instrument definition parameters.
              pricingParameters:
                type: object
                description: >-
                  The pricing parameters for the calculation.
          description: >-
            Array of financial contract definitions to price.
    FinancialContractResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        headers:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              name:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  The output field name.
              type:
                type: string
                description: >-
                  The data type of the field.
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              description: >-
                Calculated values corresponding to the headers array.
    SymbologyConvertRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        from:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              identifierTypes:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
                description: >-
                  The source identifier types.
              values:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
                description: >-
                  The identifier values to convert.
          description: >-
            Source identifiers to convert from.
        to:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: >-
            Target identifier types to convert to.
    SymbologyConvertResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            description: >-
              Conversion results mapping source identifiers to target
              identifiers.
    SearchRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        Query:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The search query string.
        View:
          type: string
          description: >-
            The search view such as Entities, InstrumentSearch, or
            QuoteSearch.
          enum:
            - Entities
            - InstrumentSearch
            - QuoteSearch
            - IndicatorSearch
        Filter:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Filter expression to narrow search results.
        Top:
          type: integer
          description: >-
            Maximum number of results to return.
        Skip:
          type: integer
          description: >-
            Number of results to skip for pagination.
        Select:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Comma-separated list of fields to include in results.
    SearchResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        Total:
          type: integer
          description: >-
            Total number of matching results.
        Hits:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            description: >-
              Individual search result containing the matched entity or
              instrument data.