S&P Global Authentication API

Token-based authentication

OpenAPI Specification

s-and-p-global-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: S&P Global Commodity Insights Authentication API
  description: HTTP-based RESTful API providing access to energy and commodity market data through the S&P Global Commodity Insights (formerly Platts) platform. Covers market data, reference data, and historical prices for oil, gas, petrochemicals, power, shipping, metals, and agriculture. Supports JSON and XML response formats.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: S&P Global Developer Portal
    url: https://developer.spglobal.com/
  termsOfService: https://www.spglobal.com/en/terms-of-use
servers:
- url: https://api.platts.com
  description: S&P Global Commodity Insights production API
- url: https://developer.platts.com
  description: S&P Global Commodity Insights developer portal API
tags:
- name: Authentication
  description: Token-based authentication
paths:
  /auth/api:
    post:
      operationId: authenticate
      summary: Authenticate and Get Access Token
      description: Exchange API credentials for a Bearer access token. The token is valid for 3600 seconds (60 minutes). A refresh token valid for 7 days is also returned.
      tags:
      - Authentication
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Authentication successful
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthResponse'
        '401':
          description: Invalid credentials
components:
  schemas:
    AuthResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        access_token:
          type: string
          description: Bearer token for API authentication (valid 3600 seconds)
        refresh_token:
          type: string
          description: Token for refreshing access (valid 7 days)
        token_type:
          type: string
          example: Bearer
        expires_in:
          type: integer
          description: Token expiry in seconds
          example: 3600
    AuthRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - username
      - password
      properties:
        username:
          type: string
          description: S&P Global API username
          example: api_user@example.com
        password:
          type: string
          description: S&P Global API password
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT