Moody's Corporation

Moody's Corporation Authentication API

OAuth2 client-credentials token issuance and HMAC signing helpers

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POST /oauth2/token Moody's Obtain an Access Token #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Moody's Analytics Developer Platform Authentication API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: Cross-cutting umbrella API surface for the Moody's Analytics developer platform covering authentication (OAuth2 client credentials and HMAC request signing), platform health, product catalog discovery, and a canonical pattern for asynchronous analysis-job execution used across multiple Moody's Analytics product APIs (Data Buffet, Scenario Studio, ImpairmentStudio, AutoCycle, ECCL).
  contact:
    name: Moody's Analytics Developer Support
    email: helpeconomy@moodys.com
    url: https://developer.moodys.com/
  license:
    name: Moody's Analytics Terms of Use
    url: https://www.moodys.com/web/en/us/about/legal/terms-of-use.html
servers:
- url: https://api.economy.com
  description: Moody's Analytics economy.com API gateway
- url: https://api.moodys.com
  description: Moody's Analytics moodys.com API gateway
security:
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Authentication
  description: OAuth2 client-credentials token issuance and HMAC signing helpers
paths:
  /oauth2/token:
    post:
      operationId: getAccessToken
      summary: Moody's Obtain an Access Token
      description: Issues an OAuth2 bearer token using client_credentials grant. The returned token is valid for one hour and must be presented as a Bearer token on subsequent requests.
      tags:
      - Authentication
      security: []
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/TokenRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Token issued
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccessToken'
        '400':
          description: Malformed token request
        '401':
          description: Invalid client credentials
components:
  schemas:
    AccessToken:
      type: object
      properties:
        access_token:
          type: string
        token_type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Bearer
        expires_in:
          type: integer
          description: Lifetime of the token in seconds.
        scope:
          type: string
    TokenRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - grant_type
      - client_id
      - client_secret
      properties:
        grant_type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - client_credentials
        client_id:
          type: string
        client_secret:
          type: string
        scope:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://api.economy.com/oauth2/token
          scopes:
            read: Read access to entitled Moody's Analytics products
            write: Write access for job submission and basket / order management
    hmac:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: HMAC-SHA256 request signing scheme used as an alternative to OAuth2 on legacy Moody's Analytics product APIs (Data Buffet, Scenario Studio).
externalDocs:
  description: Moody's Analytics Developer Portal
  url: https://developer.moodys.com/