Refinitiv · Authentication Profile

Refinitiv Authentication

Authentication

Refinitiv secures its APIs with apiKey and http across 4 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

Methods: apiKey, http Schemes: 4 OAuth flows: API key in: header

Security Schemes

bearerAuth http
scheme: bearer
tokenAuth apiKey
· in: header (Authorization)
apiKeyAuth apiKey
· in: header (x-ag-access-token)
basicAuth http
scheme: basic

Source

Authentication Profile

Raw ↑ 
generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/refinitiv-data-platform-openapi.yml, openapi/refinitiv-datascope-select-openapi.yml,
  openapi/refinitiv-permid-entity-search-openapi.yml, openapi/refinitiv-qual-id-openapi.yml,
  openapi/refinitiv-world-check-one-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  - http
  api_key_in:
  - header
schemes:
- name: 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.
  sources:
  - openapi/refinitiv-data-platform-openapi.yml
- name: tokenAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: Authorization
  description: Session token obtained from the Authentication/RequestToken endpoint. Include
    as Token followed by the token value.
  sources:
  - openapi/refinitiv-datascope-select-openapi.yml
  - openapi/refinitiv-world-check-one-openapi.yml
- name: apiKeyAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: header
  parameter: x-ag-access-token
  description: Open PermID API key. Registered users receive an API key that is shared across
    PermID Entity Search, Record Matching, and Intelligent Tagging services.
  sources:
  - openapi/refinitiv-permid-entity-search-openapi.yml
- name: basicAuth
  type: http
  scheme: basic
  description: HTTP Basic Authentication using Base64-encoded username and password credentials.
  sources:
  - openapi/refinitiv-qual-id-openapi.yml