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Refinitiv Search API

Discovery and search across organizations, instruments, quotes, and economic indicators.

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POST /discovery/search/v1/ Search for Instruments #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Refinitiv Data Platform (RDP) Search API
  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
servers:
- url: https://api.refinitiv.com
  description: Production Server
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Search
  description: Discovery and search across organizations, instruments, quotes, and economic indicators.
paths:
  /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
components:
  schemas:
    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.
  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.
externalDocs:
  description: Refinitiv Data Platform API Documentation
  url: https://developers.lseg.com/en/api-catalog/refinitiv-data-platform/refinitiv-data-platform-apis/documentation