Authentication - Financial Context Documentation

Financial Context accepts two credential types for external market-data calls:

API keys created in Financial Context account settings
OAuth bearer tokens for approved CLI, MCP, or agent clients

Use these Financial Context credentials for API requests.

API Key Header

curl "https://openapi.fcontext.com/api/market-data/quote?symbols=AAPL.US" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_FCONTEXT_API_KEY"

x-api-key is the recommended header for server-to-server integrations.

OAuth Bearer Token

curl "https://openapi.fcontext.com/api/market-data/quote?symbols=AAPL.US" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"

Bearer tokens must include market-data access for the market_data scope.

JavaScript Example

const response = await fetch("https://openapi.fcontext.com/api/market-data/quote?symbols=AAPL.US", {
  headers: {
    "x-api-key": process.env.FCONTEXT_API_KEY,
  },
});

if (!response.ok) {
  throw new Error(`Request failed with ${response.status}`);
}

const data = await response.json();

Python Example

import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://openapi.fcontext.com/api/market-data/quote",
    params={"symbols": "AAPL.US"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["FCONTEXT_API_KEY"]},
    timeout=30,
)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()

Error Responses

Status	Meaning
`401`	Credential is missing, expired, or invalid
`402`	A paid plan or remaining data request allowance is required
`403`	Credential is valid but lacks market-data access

Rotate keys periodically and revoke keys that are no longer used.