FINRA Metadata API

The Metadata API from FINRA — 1 operation(s) for metadata.

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finra-metadata-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: FINRA Query Async Metadata API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: Minimal OpenAPI description of the FINRA Developer Platform Query API, which provides programmatic access to FINRA datasets including market, regulatory, and reference data.
  x-generated-from: https://developer.finra.org/docs#query_api
  x-generated-by: claude-crawl-2026-05-08
servers:
- url: https://api.finra.org
  description: Production
- url: https://api-int.qa.finra.org
  description: QA
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Metadata
paths:
  /metadata/group/{group}/name/{dataset}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Metadata
      summary: Retrieve dataset field definitions and metadata
      operationId: getDatasetMetadata
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Group'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Dataset'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Dataset metadata
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  parameters:
    Group:
      in: path
      name: group
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    Dataset:
      in: path
      name: dataset
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT