How to issue a secondary API key?

Denisa

Hi,

I would like to be able to issue a secondary API Key, but I find that this is not possible via the EIKON app.

How can I issue a secondary API key?

Thanks in advance!

raksina.samasiri

Hi @Denisa ,

Do you mean the API key/Application key to be used with LSEG Data Library for Python (and the feature-completed Eikon Data API? If so, have you tried generating application key with LSEG Workspace application?

LSEG Data Library for Python | Devportal is recommended to be used as it's the latest version of our Python library to retrieve data from the data platform, more detail can be found in Essential Guide to the Data Libraries - Generations of Python library (EDAPI, RDP, RD, LD) | Devportal

However, for LSEG Data Library, when accessing content from the desktop, you should have already obtained a valid desktop login. Therefore, you need no additional login credentials. As long as you have LSEG's Workspace Desktop App opened on the machine on which you code, you can authenticate yourself to LSEG's services with the simple Python line:

import lseg.data as ld  # Install with pip install lseg.data
ld.open_session()