Factset · Authentication Profile

Factset Authentication

Authentication

Factset secures its APIs with http and oauth2 across 3 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the clientCredentials flow(s).

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Methods: http, oauth2 Schemes: 3 OAuth flows: clientCredentials API key in:

Security Schemes

basicAuth http
scheme: basic
FactSetOAuth2 oauth2
· flows: clientCredentials
Bearer http
scheme: bearer

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/analytics-datastore-openapi-original.yml, openapi/axioma-equity-optimizer-openapi-original.yml,
  openapi/axioma-fixed-income-optimizer-openapi-original.yml, openapi/barra-portfolio-optimizer-openapi-original.yml,
  openapi/benchmarks-openapi-original.yml, openapi/bookbuilder-openapi-original.yml, openapi/capital-structure-report-builder-openapi-original.yml,
  openapi/classifications-openapi-original.yml, openapi/company-logo-api-for-digital-portals-openapi-original.yml,
  openapi/concordance-openapi-original.yml, openapi/content-feeds-data-dictionary-openapi-original.yml,
  openapi/conversational-api-powered-by-mercury-openapi-original.yml ...
summary:
  types:
  - http
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - clientCredentials
schemes:
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  sources:
  - openapi/analytics-datastore-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/axioma-equity-optimizer-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/axioma-fixed-income-optimizer-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/barra-portfolio-optimizer-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/benchmarks-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/bookbuilder-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/capital-structure-report-builder-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/classifications-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/company-logo-api-for-digital-portals-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/concordance-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/content-feeds-data-dictionary-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/conversational-api-powered-by-mercury-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/digital-cards-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/direct-streaming-of-transaction-messages-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/documents-distributor-callstreet-events-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/documents-distributor-documents-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/entity-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/entity-report-builder-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/esg-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/estimates-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/estimates-report-builder-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/etf-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/etf-profile-and-prices-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/event-calendar-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/exchange-datafeed-data-model-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/exchange-datafeed-snapshot-api-entire-exchange-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/exchange-datafeed-snapshot-api-symbol-list-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/factset-analytics-datastore-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-axioma-fixed-income-optimizer-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-benchmarks-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-bonds-api-for-digital-portals-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-bookbuilder-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-classifications-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-content-feeds-data-dictionary-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-documents-distributor-callstreet-events-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-esg-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-estimates-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-exchange-datafeed-data-model-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-exchange-datafeed-snapshot-api-symbol-list-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-fixed-income-analytics-batcher-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-formula-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-fundamentals-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-funds-api-for-digital-portals-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-funds-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-global-filings-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-global-prices-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-id-lookup-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-intraday-tick-history-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-irn-configuration-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-irn-contacts-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-irn-custom-symbols-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-irn-meetings-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-irn-notes-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-northfield-portfolio-optimizer-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-open-factset-marketplace-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-ownership-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-ownership-report-builder-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-pa-engine-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-people-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-portfolio-metadata-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-portfolio-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-portfolio-optimizer-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-portfolio-reporting-batcher-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-prices-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-private-markets-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-procure-to-pay-scim-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-publisher-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-quant-engine-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-rbics-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-real-time-news-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-real-time-price-alerting-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-real-time-quotes-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-real-time-time-series-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-recommendation-list-api-for-digital-portals-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-search-answers-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-securitized-derivatives-api-for-digital-portals-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-security-modeling-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-signals-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-spar-engine-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-stocks-api-for-digital-portals-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-streetaccount-news-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-symbology-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-terms-and-conditions-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-tick-history-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-universal-screening-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-vault-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-vermilion-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-virtual-portfolio-api-for-digital-portals-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-watchlist-api-for-digital-portals-openapi.yml
  - openapi/fixed-income-analytics-batcher-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/fixed-income-calculation-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/foreign-exchange-rate-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/formula-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/fundamentals-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/fundamentals-report-builder-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/funds-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/georev-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/global-filings-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/global-prices-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/id-lookup-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/intraday-tick-history-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/investment-banking-office-refresh-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/irn-configuration-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/irn-contacts-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/irn-custom-symbols-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/irn-meetings-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/irn-notes-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/issue-tracker-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/natural-language-processing-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/northfield-portfolio-optimizer-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/ofdb-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/open-marketplace-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/open-partners-documents-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/open-risk-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/options-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/overview-report-builder-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/ownership-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/ownership-report-builder-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/pa-engine-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/people-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/portfolio-metadata-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/portfolio-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/portfolio-optimizer-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/portfolio-reporting-batcher-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/prices-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/private-markets-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/procure-to-pay-api-scim-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/publisher-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/quant-engine-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/quant-factor-library-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/rbics-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/real-time-news-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/real-time-price-alerting-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/real-time-quotes-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/real-time-time-series-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/s-p-global-fixed-income-evaluated-prices-and-analytics-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/search-answers-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/security-modeling-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/signals-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/spar-engine-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/standard-datafeed-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/streetaccount-news-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/symbology-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/terms-and-conditions-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/tick-history-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/trading-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/universal-screening-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/vault-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/vermilion-openapi-original.yml
- name: FactSetOAuth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: clientCredentials
    tokenUrl: https://auth.factset.com/as/token.oauth2
    scopes: 0
  sources:
  - openapi/conversational-api-powered-by-mercury-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/direct-streaming-of-transaction-messages-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/documents-distributor-callstreet-events-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/esg-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/event-calendar-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/factset-documents-distributor-callstreet-events-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-esg-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-fundamentals-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-global-filings-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-irn-notes-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-pa-engine-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-portfolio-metadata-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-portfolio-reporting-batcher-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-quant-engine-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-real-time-news-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-real-time-price-alerting-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-real-time-quotes-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-real-time-time-series-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-spar-engine-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-streetaccount-news-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-tick-history-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-vault-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-vermilion-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/fixed-income-calculation-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/fundamentals-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/global-filings-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/investment-banking-office-refresh-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/irn-notes-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/issue-tracker-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/natural-language-processing-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/ofdb-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/open-partners-documents-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/open-risk-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/overview-report-builder-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/pa-engine-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/portfolio-metadata-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/portfolio-reporting-batcher-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/quant-engine-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/real-time-news-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/real-time-price-alerting-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/real-time-quotes-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/real-time-time-series-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/s-p-global-fixed-income-evaluated-prices-and-analytics-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/spar-engine-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/streetaccount-news-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/tick-history-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/trading-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/vault-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/vermilion-openapi-original.yml
- name: Bearer
  type: http
  scheme: bearer
  description: JWT Authorization header using the Bearer scheme.
  sources:
  - openapi/factset-funds-api-for-digital-portals-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-portfolio-openapi.yml
  - openapi/factset-security-modeling-api-openapi.yml
  - openapi/portfolio-openapi-original.yml
  - openapi/security-modeling-openapi-original.yml