API status

Authentication in the Investment API

There are two aspects to authentication in the Investment API:

  • OAuth

    We use OAuth 2.0 to establish who is currently making requests against the API and whether they should be allowed to use the particular resources they're attempting to use.

  • HTTP message signatures

    We use HTTP message signatures to check that requests, that say they came from you, really did come from you and have not been interfered with during their journey to our servers.