FCA Data Publication API (FIRDS / FITRS)

aid: fca-uk:fca-data-publication-api
name: FCA Data Publication API (FIRDS / FITRS)
description: 'Anonymous machine-to-machine query interface over the file artefacts the FCA publishes through
  data.fca.org.uk, documented in the FCA''s own FIRDS and FITRS technical specifications. It is an OpenSearch/Elasticsearch
  query-string search: the index name is the resource and the FCA supports a documented subset of the
  query_string DSL (q, from, size, sort, pretty, df, default_operator). Two indices respond publicly —
  fca_data_firds_files, holding UK instrument reference data file records under the UK MiFID regime that
  replaced ESMA FIRDS after Brexit, and fca_data_fitrs_files, holding UK transparency calculation result
  files. Each record carries download_link, file_type, file_name, publication_date, last_refreshed and,
  for FITRS, instrument_type. No credentials are required and no OpenAPI is published; every other index
  name probed returns 403 Missing Authentication Token. This is markets reference data, not insurance
  data.'
humanURL: https://data.fca.org.uk/#/download
baseURL: https://api.data.fca.org.uk
tags:
- Market Data
- Reference Data
- MiFID II
- Instrument Data
- Regulator
- United Kingdom
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/systems-information/fca-firds-tech-spec.pdf
- type: APIReference
  url: https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/systems-information/fca-fitrs-tech-spec.pdf
- type: Website
  url: https://data.fca.org.uk/
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/fca-uk-authentication.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/fca-uk-rate-limits.yml