Looking for Webservice link from Refinitiv

vasanthakumar_s02
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Hi Team,

We are trying to consume prices from Refinitiv DSS, by making an webservice call(HTTPS). We tried identifying the right service to place the request, but no success. Requesting your guidance in this. Please find below details.

Rest API base URL : https://hosted.datascopeapi.reuters.com/RestApi/v1/
Sample Identifier : "0#AGX:" (will be passed in the Webservice call to fetch prices)
Exchange : NYMEX
Grade : NYCP.GX

Please can you share with us one sample request with the mentioned identifier being passed as parameter to fetch prices in response (with or without contract period)

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  • Christiaan Meihsl
    Christiaan Meihsl LSEG
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    vasanthakumar_s02,

    1. 'End of Day' (EoD) versus 'Snapshot intraday' (Intraday)

    • EoD is the official price at the end of the trading day. This is often what the back office uses.
    • Intraday is a snapshot of the current price at the moment when you request it; so, every time you request it (during trading hours) you will receive a different result. This is what traders usually want.

    Once you explain this difference to your end users they should be able to tell you what they need.

    2. Passing parameters in requests

    In a nutshell, no, the API is not built for passing parameters in the way you describe.

    The Refinitiv DSS REST API calls are described in detail in the API Reference Tree. The API only supports the described way to pass the parameters, which is usually through the body of the request, in JSON format (there are a rare exceptions where a single parameter is passed in the URL,but those are not data requests).

    To get a good view of the API calls, how they are built, and what response is delivered, I recommend you follow the DSS Quick Start, which explains how to use the C# example application. That application also displays the HTTP requests and responses, for most of the API calls. That application does not allow you to change the call parameters, but to experiment further you can use our Postman collection, available under the downloads tab, and described in the DSS REST API Tutorials. Finally, I also recommend following the Programming without SDK tutorial, in particular the Best Practices section, which should help jump start you.

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