Gurpreet Bal
Platform Application Developer
Platform Application Developer
This RTO and RDP accounts cheat sheet is for a user to quickly get up to speed on the changes happening from v1 authentication (Machine ID) to a v2 authentication (Service account).
What account type do I have?
| Version1 | Version2 | |
| ID format | GE-A-XXXXXXXX-X-XXXX | GE-XXXXXXXXXXXX |
| Additional Parameters Required | Password and App Key (a.k.a Client_ID) | Password (a.k.a Client Secret) |
| Authentication Endpoint | http://api.refinitiv.com/auth/oauth2/v1/token | http://api.refinitiv.com/auth/oauth2/v2/token |
| Uses JWT | No | Yes, able to use JWT Public/Private Key |
| Technical Name | OAuth2 Password grant | OAuth2 Client Credentials |
| - | ||
| When speaking with Refinitiv Account Manager | I have a Machine ID | I have a Service account |
| Who provides the ID | Refinitiv account manager | User generated using Platform administration application (self service portal) |
| - | ||
| How many RTO concurrent sessions can be used by single token | 1 | 5 |
| Will be supported in future | No, account will be migrated to v2 | Yes |
Resources
Changes coming to Customer Identity Management
OAuth grant types supported by RTO and RDP
Platform administration application (Self Service Portal)
OAuth2 Password grant
OAuth2 Client Credentials
JSON Web Tokens
Glossary
- RDP - Refinitiv Data Platform
- RTO - Refinitiv Real-time Optimized
- JWT - JSON Web tokens - a technique which uses public/private key pair instead of ID and password
- Service Account - A self service account provided for users to login to a portal and create ID's for their own use
- Machine ID - An ID created by Refinitiv account manager
- App Key - A unique application identifier created by the users for use with v1 authentication