# first direct Open Data API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/first-direct/first-direct-open-data-api/  
**Provider:** first direct — https://apis.io/providers/first-direct/  
**Base URL:** https://api.hsbc.com/open-banking/v2.2  
**Documentation:** https://develop.hsbc.com/knowledge-article/get-started-open-banking-apis

first direct Open Data API is one of 4 APIs that [first direct](https://apis.io/providers/first-direct/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Open Data, Personal Current Accounts, and Reference Data. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

Public, unauthenticated OBIE Open Data API exposing first direct product reference data - personal current accounts and related read-only reference data - published on the shared HSBC Open Data host where "first direct" is listed as a distinct brand. Confirmed live (HTTP 200, application/prs.openbanking.opendata.v2.2+json).

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/first-direct/refs/heads/main/openapi/obie-opendata-openapi.json
- **Documentation** — https://develop.hsbc.com/knowledge-article/get-started-open-banking-apis
- **APIReference** — https://api.hsbc.com/open-banking/v2.2/personal-current-accounts
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/first-direct/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other first direct APIs (3)

- [first direct Account and Transaction Information API (AIS)](https://apis.io/apis/first-direct/first-direct-account-information-api/)
- [first direct Payment Initiation API (PIS)](https://apis.io/apis/first-direct/first-direct-payment-initiation-api/)
- [first direct Confirmation of Funds API (CBPII)](https://apis.io/apis/first-direct/first-direct-confirmation-of-funds-api/)

## Tags

Open Data, Personal Current Accounts, Reference Data

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/first-direct/first-direct-open-data-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/first-direct/.