Bloomberg Data Authentication

specification: API Commons Authentication
specificationVersion: '0.1'
provider: Bloomberg Data
providerId: bloomberg-data
generated: '2026-08-27'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://api.bloomberg.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource (200),
  https://bsso.blpprofessional.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server (200),
  https://www.bloomberg.com/.well-known/openid-configuration (200),
  and live 401 challenges from https://api.bloomberg.com/eap/ and /eap/catalogs/
description: >-
  Authentication profile for the Bloomberg Data API surface. Derived from Bloomberg's own
  published OAuth/OIDC discovery documents rather than from an OpenAPI document — Bloomberg
  publishes no public machine-readable contract for the Data License REST API, but it does
  publish RFC 9728 protected-resource metadata and RFC 8414 authorization-server metadata,
  which name the token endpoint, the grant types and the flows exactly.
schemes:
  - id: bloomberg_data_license_oauth2
    type: oauth2
    applies_to:
      - Bloomberg Data License API
    protected_resource: https://api.bloomberg.com
    protected_resource_metadata: https://api.bloomberg.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource
    authorization_server: https://bsso.blpprofessional.com
    authorization_server_metadata: https://bsso.blpprofessional.com/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server
    token_endpoint: https://bsso.blpprofessional.com/as/token.oauth2
    authorization_endpoint: https://bsso.blpprofessional.com/as/authorization.oauth2
    introspection_endpoint: https://bsso.blpprofessional.com/as/introspect.oauth2
    revocation_endpoint: https://bsso.blpprofessional.com/as/revoke_token.oauth2
    device_authorization_endpoint: https://bsso.blpprofessional.com/as/device_authz.oauth2
    registration_endpoint: https://bsso.blpprofessional.com/as/clients.oauth2
    jwks_uri: https://bsso.blpprofessional.com/ext/caching/JWKS
    token_format: JWT bearer
    transport: Authorization request header
    credential_issuance: >-
      Client credentials are issued to a contracted Data License customer from the Bloomberg
      Enterprise Console (console.blpprofessional.com); there is no self-service signup.
    evidence:
      - url: https://api.bloomberg.com/eap/
        status: 401
        body: '{"errors":[{"detail":"No definition of jwt found in header or query string."}]}'
      - url: https://api.bloomberg.com/eap/catalogs/
        status: 401
        body: '{"error":"unauthorized_client","error_description":"No definition of jwt found in header or query string."}'
      - url: https://api.bloomberg.com/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource
        status: 200
  - id: bloomberg_com_oidc
    type: openIdConnect
    applies_to:
      - bloomberg.com account / entitlement identity (not the Data License data plane)
    issuer: https://www.bloomberg.com
    openid_configuration: https://www.bloomberg.com/.well-known/openid-configuration
    authorization_endpoint: https://login.bloomberg.com/api/oauth/authorize
    token_endpoint: https://login.bloomberg.com/api/oauth/token
    jwks_uri: https://login.bloomberg.com/api/oauth/.well-known/jwks.json
    grant_types:
      - authorization_code
      - refresh_token
    pkce: S256
    id_token_signing_alg: RS256
    evidence:
      - url: https://www.bloomberg.com/.well-known/openid-configuration
        status: 200
  - id: blpapi_session_auth
    type: proprietary
    applies_to:
      - Bloomberg B-PIPE API
    note: >-
      B-PIPE is not an HTTP API. It is consumed through the BLPAPI SDK over a TCP session
      (default port 8194) against a customer-provisioned B-PIPE appliance or a Bloomberg
      Server API host, with entitlement carried by the session identity (Terminal user or
      Application Name / EID) rather than by an HTTP credential. There is therefore no
      public HTTPS base URL and no bearer token for this entry.
    evidence:
      - url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/
        status: 200
mtls: not-documented
api_keys: false
basic_auth: false
gaps:
  - >-
    The scope-to-operation mapping is not public. bsso.blpprofessional.com publishes
    scopes_supported for identity (firmid, openid, profile, name, employeeid, bbprofile,
    email) but the Data License data-plane entitlements are contract-provisioned, not
    published as OAuth scopes.
  - >-
    No public auth quickstart page is reachable: www.bloomberg.com/professional/support/api-library/
    returns a bot challenge (403) to non-browser clients and data.bloomberg.com renders
    client-side behind a login.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com