Sesame Data
  • Introduction
  • Authentication
    • Create and manage your API token
    • How to Authenticate
    • IP Whitelisting
  • API Endpoints
    • Entity List
    • Entity Dates
    • Transactions
    • Holdings
    • Sub Portfolio Holdings
    • Entity Risk
    • Asset Risk
    • Entity Performance
  • Sesame Data Developer Portal
  • Data Feeds
  • Tutorials/Recipes
    • How to use pagination
    • Using Sesame Data with Postman
    • Using Sesame Data with Excel
    • Using Sesame Data with PowerBi
  • FAQ and Troubleshooting
    • Viewing Logs
    • Glossary
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The Sesame Data uses Basic Authentication, utilizing a combination of a username and API tokens as passwords. Upon token generation, clients will receive their unique password. This password and their client-specific username are required as authentication when making requests.

Username

A unique code belonging to each client. This will be available in the Developer portal.

Password

The token which allows you to make requests. This is generated in the Developer portal.

In this section of the documentation, you will find information about how to create and manage your tokens and how to use your token to authenticate.

Additionally, the API provides support for IP whitelisting, enhancing data security by restricting authentication to a predefined list of IPs. This feature ensures that only authorized IPs can authenticate by presenting a valid token.

You may also find it valuable to explore our tutorial on Using Sesame Data with Postman.

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Tokens are your key to access your data similar to a password.

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Use generated tokens to access to authenticate and have access to your data.

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Increase the security by optionally enabling protection by IPs.