# Refinitiv Eikon

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/refinitiv-eikon/  
**Website:** https://www.lseg.com  
**APIs profiled:** 47

Refinitiv Eikon provides financial professionals with access to real-time market data, news, analytics, and trading capabilities. The Eikon Data API allows programmatic access to financial data including prices, fundamentals, reference data, and time series. Eikon was withdrawn from the LSEG product line on June 30, 2025, and has been succeeded by LSEG Workspace.

## Kin Score — 51.0 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (-1.9 from 52.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 74.2 |
| Governance | 28.8 |
| Contract Governance | 28.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 31.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 61.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 30.3 |
| Access Clarity | 30.3 |

Regulatory layer — **Securities & Market Data**: 45.0 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 37.2 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | derived |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Enterprise · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: enterprise, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (47)

- **Eikon Data API** — Python and R library that allows programmatic access to Refinitiv Eikon data. Provides access to instrument pricing, fundamentals, estimates, time series, news, and symbology. R...
- **LSEG Messenger Bot SDK** — SDK for building intelligent, compliant messaging bots within the LSEG Messenger platform. Enables sending, receiving, and replying to messages in one-to-one and group chat cont...
- **Messenger Side by Side API** — API allowing external applications to connect with and pass information into LSEG Messenger. Requires user interaction and enables integration of third-party applications alongs...
- **Refinitiv Data Library for Python** — Python library providing uniform, ease-of-use interfaces for accessing the breadth and depth of financial data and services on the LSEG Data Platform. Returns data as Pandas Dat...
- **Refinitiv Data Library for TypeScript** — TypeScript and JavaScript library providing ease-of-use interfaces for accessing financial data and services on the Refinitiv Data Platform. Supports both streaming and non-stre...
- **Refinitiv Data Library for .NET** — .NET library providing uniform interfaces for accessing the Refinitiv Data Platform. Supports streaming and non-streaming data services for C# and other .NET languages, rebrande...
- **Datastream Web Service API** — API providing access to Datastream content, the world's leading time series database, via SOAP/XML and REST/JSON protocols. Enables strategists, economists, and research communi...
- **LSEG WebSocket API** — Standards-based WebSocket API for real-time pricing streaming using JSON message formats. Connects to Real-Time Distribution Systems and Real-Time Optimized cloud solutions for ...
- **Real-Time Java SDK** — Java SDK encompassing the Enterprise Message API (EMA) and Enterprise Transport API (ETA) for building high-performance real-time data applications. Provides consumer, provider,...
- **Real-Time C/C++ SDK** — C and C++ SDK providing the Enterprise Message API (EMA) and Enterprise Transport API (ETA) for ultra-low-latency, high-throughput real-time data applications. The ETA foundatio...
- **Real-Time C# SDK** — C# SDK providing the Enterprise Transport API (ETA) for building high-performance real-time data applications on .NET. Supports consuming, providing, and publishing real-time co...
- **Eikon Side by Side Interoperability API** — Web API for integrating standalone desktop applications with Refinitiv Eikon to create dynamic custom workflows. Enables launching Eikon apps programmatically and exchanging con...
- **Workspace Web Side by Side API** — API enabling interoperability and context passing between LSEG Workspace Web and external web applications within the same browser instance. Supports authentication, metadata ex...
- **Workspace SDK** — End-to-end financial application development kit for designing GUI applications, powering them with market data, and integrating workflow logic into LSEG Workspace. Provides UI ...
- **LSEG DataScope Select REST API** — REST API providing programmatic access to the DataScope Select platform for extracting global prices, corporate actions, reference data, historical data, cross-reference data, a...
- **LSEG Tick History REST API** — REST API providing programmatic access to historical tick-level market data through the DataScope Select platform. Supports on-demand and scheduled extractions of tick data, int...
- **PermID Entity Search API** — RESTful API for searching and discovering organizations, equity instruments, and equity quotes using PermID identifiers. Supports searching by name, ticker, RIC, LEI, and other ...
- **PermID Record Matching API** — RESTful API for matching unstructured entity records to PermID identifiers. Enables concordance by mapping external entity data to LSEG permanent identifiers for organizations a...
- **Intelligent Tagging API** — RESTful API for extracting entities, topics, and metadata from unstructured text content. Identifies organizations, people, instruments, and other financial entities within docu...
- **Refinitiv Knowledge Direct API** — Web services API integrating financial market data, news, and analytics into websites, trading platforms, advisory portals, and mobile applications. Delivers pricing, news, fund...
- **Symbology API** — Discovery Symbology API for concordance, navigation, and discovery of financial content. Enables mapping from external identifiers to LSEG PermIDs and navigating between a wide ...
- **Search API** — API enabling search across organizations, instruments, quotes, and economic indicators on the Refinitiv Data Platform. Part of the Search Light family of APIs for wealth managem...
- **Research API** — API built on the Refinitiv Data Platform providing streamlined access to real-time and historical sell-side research reports. Serves as the aggregate delivery system for providi...
- **News API for Wealth** — API providing access to financial news content for wealth management applications. Delivers real-time and historical news from Reuters and other sources through the Refinitiv Da...
- **Funds API for Wealth** — API providing access to Lipper fund data for wealth management applications. Delivers fund performance, classifications, ratings, and other mutual fund data through the Refiniti...
- **Estimates API for Wealth** — API providing access to consensus estimates data for wealth management applications. Delivers analyst estimates, recommendations, and forecasts through the Refinitiv Data Platform.
- **Ownership API for Wealth** — API providing access to institutional and fund ownership data for wealth management applications. Delivers ownership holdings, stakes, and shareholder information through the Re...
- **Filings API** — API providing access to regulatory filings data through the Refinitiv Data Platform. Delivers SEC filings, annual reports, and other regulatory documents for financial analysis ...
- **World-Check One API** — Workflow-based REST/JSON API for screening entities against the World-Check risk intelligence database. Supports due diligence in the fight against financial crime, bribery, and...
- **World-Check Verify API** — Cloud-native, stateless screening API purpose-built for real-time, low-latency screening of individuals and entities in modern payment workflows. Screens against World-Check ris...
- **App Studio Web SDK** — Web SDK for building custom applications using HTML5 and JavaScript within the Eikon App Studio environment. Provides access to Eikon JavaScript libraries, UI controls, and data...
- **Eikon COM APIs for Microsoft Office** — COM APIs for integrating Refinitiv Eikon data into Microsoft Office applications. Provides access to real-time market data, news, fundamental data, and analytics through Visual ...
- **Eikon .NET APIs** — .NET APIs for building custom standalone applications that access Refinitiv Eikon data including real-time market data, news, fundamentals, and time series. Requires the Eikon a...
- **Refinitiv Eikon Authentication API** — OAuth 2.0 token management for API access
- **Refinitiv Eikon ESG API** — Environmental, Social, and Governance data and scores
- **Refinitiv Eikon Extractions API** — On-demand and managed data extractions
- **Refinitiv Eikon Files API** — Extracted file management and download
- **Refinitiv Eikon Historical Pricing API** — Historical price data including interday and intraday summaries
- **Refinitiv Eikon Instrument Lists API** — Management of instrument lists for extractions
- **Refinitiv Eikon Jobs API** — Extraction job management and status monitoring
- …and 7 more, listed in full on the page.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Refinitiv Eikon Agentic Access** — 29 operations · 12 acting

## Security (2)

- **Refinitiv Eikon Authentication** — apiKey/http · 2 schemes
- **Refinitiv Eikon Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

## Plans (1)

- **Refinitiv Eikon Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Analytics, Financial Data, Financial News, Market Data, Real-Time Data, Trading

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