Login to API Playground logs me out of Eikon

andreas01

Hello,

whenever i try to login to the API playground i get logged out of my Eikon session.

This is extremely frustrating. How am i supposed to read the REST API docs without being kicked out of the very platform i need to research RICS, Fieldnames, etc.?

thanks
Andreas

Jirapongse

@andreas01

Thank you for reaching out to us.

You can try to run the APIDocs through Eikon.

https://apidocs.refinitiv.com/Apps/ApiDocs

I tested it and it worked with my account.

andreas01

Bonus question:
how do i even sign in to the API (outside the playground, posting to https://api.refinitiv.com) to be even able to call e.g. /discovery/search/v1/ ?
all that while Eikon is running.

found the answer at https://community.developers.refinitiv.com/questions/114692/how-to-get-access-token-through-post-http-request.html?childToView=114694#answer-114694

andreas01

https://community.developers.refinitiv.com/discussion/comment/114769#Comment_114769

hey @Jirapongse great tip. thank you, that worked!

you happen to have any info regarding the login into the api from my app? i didnt find anything useful when searching for login, signin or auth

what i would want to do is to call the api from my app (which is outside eikon).

thank you

andreas01

https://community.developers.refinitiv.com/discussion/comment/114770#Comment_114770

nevermind, found this:

https://community.developers.refinitiv.com/questions/114692/how-to-get-access-token-through-post-http-request.html?childToView=114694#answer-114694

thanks a lot