Signals API

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Overview

The FactSet Signals API empowers clients with timely and actionable insights by surfacing key Signals derived from FactSet’s extensive core content datasets, Cognitive Computing, and third-party partners. Designed to enhance productivity and transparency, the Signals API provides investment professionals with the tools to capture relevant information, gain market-moving insights, and delve deeper into underlying content through our robust entity mapping.

Key Features:

  • Timely Content and Predictive Insights: - Access a curated set of Signals that highlight meaningful changes in data, time-sensitive content, and cognitive insights to stay ahead in your industry, market, or company.
  • High Impact News: - Stay informed with high-impact news that can drive market movements, enabling you to make well-informed decisions faster.

Available Endpoints:

  • Headlines: - The /event/headlines/ endpoint provides a concise overview of Signals, delivering the headline messages without the additional data found in the Details endpoint. This is ideal for quick notifications or summary messages.
  • Details: - The /event/details/ endpoint offers comprehensive information, including the headlines and the detailed data that triggered the Signal. This endpoint is perfect for in-depth analysis and understanding the context behind each Signal.
  • Adaptive Cards: - The adaptive card endpoint returns responses formatted according to Microsoft’s adaptive card standards. This format not only shares our Signals UI but also includes link-backs to FactSet reports, providing even more comprehensive information related to each Signal.

Why Use the Signals API?

  • Enhanced Productivity: - By consolidating information into a single user experience, the Signals API helps streamline workflows and improve efficiency.
  • Flexible Integration: - The API provides a uniform feel across all FactSet APIs, adheres to industry standards, and supports versioned APIs, ensuring seamless integration and scalability.
  • Comprehensive Documentation: - Extensive documentation is available on the FactSet developer portal, guiding you through authentication, endpoint usage, and response formats for a smooth implementation process.

For detailed guidance on how to use the Signals API, refer to the API Documentation section listed on the sidebar on the left and located at the bottom of this page.

API Definition
SDK Libraries
Notebooks
Content API - FactSet Signals - Getting Started
Changelog

v2.6

Summary

  • Adds POST method support for several existing routes, as well as support for additional portfolio types to query the API.

Functionality Additions

  • Add POST method support for /adaptive-cards route
  • Add POST method support for /entities endpoint
  • Add support for ACCT/ACTM portfolios

Changes

  • Release trial version of API with limited functionality

v2.5

Summary

  • API now supports requests for events from up to 90 days ago and appends a companyName property to events.

Functionality Additions

  • Expanded date window for querying the API from 7 to 90 days
  • Add company name to events

Changes

  • resolveIdentifiers=false query parameter added to bypass resolution if request is already sending entity ids

Bug Fixes

  • UserRelevanceScore capped at 1
  • API no longer ignores theme filtering if input does not match any active signals

v2.4

Summary

  • Internal changes only

v2.3

Summary

  • Internal changes only

v2.2

Summary

  • Updates to the response format for the /data-dictionary route.

Changes

  • /data-dictionary route now returns "signalId" instead of "signalEnum"
  • /data-dictionary route now returns "theme" instead of "themes"
  • The theme property on the response is now the id of the theme instead of name for consistency with the categories property

Bug Fixes

  • Authorization errors for portfolios were incorrectly returning as Internal Server errors

v2.1

Summary

  • Adds support for surfacing signals for private companies. New endpoint for returning the list of entity ids currently firing for a signal.

Functionality Additions

  • Support for Private Companies
  • /entities endpoint