Aladdin Studio is BlackRock's developer platform enabling institutional investors, asset managers, and wealth managers to build custom solutions on top of the Aladdin investment operating system. APIs provide access to portfolio data, risk analytics, trading, investment research, and the Aladdin Data Cloud, supporting approximately $25 trillion in assets managed on the platform.
URL: https://www.blackrock.com/aladdin/products/apis
Run: Capabilities Using Naftiko
- Financial, Investment Management, Portfolio Analytics, Risk Management, Asset Management, BlackRock, Data Cloud
- Created: 2024-03-05
- Modified: 2026-04-19
The Aladdin Graph API provides RESTful access to portfolio data, securities, positions, risk analytics, and other Aladdin platform capabilities. Powers the AladdinSDK Python client with OAuth and Basic Auth authentication.
Human URL: https://www.blackrock.com/aladdin/products/apis
- Portfolio Data, Investment Management, REST
- Documentation
- APIReference
- OpenAPI
- JSONSchema - Portfolio
- JSONSchema - Position
- JSONSchema - Portfolio Risk
- JSONSchema - Security
The Aladdin Data Cloud API provides access to Snowflake-based analytics data warehousing with OAuth and JWT authentication. Enables large-scale portfolio analytics and data science workflows using Snowflake connectors and Snowpark.
Human URL: https://www.blackrock.com/aladdin/products/apis
- Data Cloud, Snowflake, Analytics
- Documentation
- OpenAPI
- JSONSchema - Connection
- JSONSchema - Query Request
- JSONSchema - Query Result
- JSONSchema - Dataset
The Aladdin Trading API enables order management and trading workflow integration. Available as the asdk_plugin_trading Python package built on the AladdinSDK framework.
Human URL: https://www.blackrock.com/aladdin/products/apis
- Trading, Order Management, Financial
The Aladdin Investment Research API provides access to research data, analyst insights, and quantitative analytics built on Aladdin's data infrastructure. Available as the asdk_plugin_investment_research Python package.
Human URL: https://www.blackrock.com/aladdin/products/apis
- Investment Research, Analytics, Portfolio
- Documentation
- OpenAPI
- SDK - Python Investment Research Plugin
- JSONSchema - Security Research
- JSONSchema - Portfolio Analytics
- Portal
- Documentation
- GitHubOrganization
- SDK - Python SDK (AladdinSDK)
- SDK - Python SDK (PyPI)
- SDK - Plugin Builder
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Portfolio Data Access | Retrieve comprehensive portfolio data including positions, holdings, securities, and performance metrics across asset classes. |
| Risk Analytics | Access Aladdin's institutional-grade risk analytics including factor exposures, VaR, scenario analysis, and stress testing across public and private markets. |
| Aladdin Data Cloud | Snowflake-based data warehousing providing access to large-scale portfolio analytics with OAuth and JWT authentication supporting both Snowflake connectors and Snowpark. |
| Trading Integration | Order management and trading workflow APIs enabling integration with Aladdin's trading platform for order creation, tracking, and execution. |
| Investment Research Access | APIs for accessing investment research data, analyst insights, and quantitative analytics built on Aladdin's data infrastructure. |
| Long-Running Operations | Support for long-running operation (LRO) patterns with configurable polling, enabling asynchronous processing of computationally intensive analytics requests. |
| Batch Processing | Batch API support with sequential and parallel execution capabilities for processing large volumes of portfolio data operations efficiently. |
| Multi-Auth Support | Flexible authentication supporting Basic Auth with API tokens, OAuth client credentials flow, OAuth refresh token flow, and Snowflake JWT for Data Cloud access. |
| Plugin Architecture | Extensible SDK plugin architecture enabling domain-specific packages (trading, investment research) built on top of the core AladdinSDK. |
| Jupyter Notebook Integration | Downloadable Python Jupyter Notebooks and code samples in multiple languages for rapid solution development and prototyping. |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Custom Portfolio Analytics | Build bespoke portfolio analysis tools using Aladdin's risk and performance data to generate custom insights for investment teams. |
| Automated Risk Reporting | Automate generation of risk reports, factor exposure summaries, and stress test results using Aladdin's risk analytics APIs. |
| Trading Workflow Automation | Integrate Aladdin trading data into proprietary order management systems and automate trading workflow processes. |
| Investment Research Integration | Connect internal research platforms to Aladdin's investment research data for unified analyst workflow tooling. |
| Data Science and Quantitative Research | Access Aladdin Data Cloud from Snowflake-based data science environments for quantitative model development and backtesting. |
| Client Reporting Automation | Build automated client reporting solutions pulling portfolio performance, risk, and holdings data from Aladdin APIs. |
| Multi-Asset Class Analytics | Analyze portfolios across public equities, fixed income, alternatives, and private markets using Aladdin's unified data platform. |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Snowflake | Native Aladdin Data Cloud integration with Snowflake for large-scale analytics, supporting both standard connectors and Snowpark for Python-based data science workflows. |
| Amazon Web Services | Aladdin available on AWS infrastructure (general availability expected second half of 2026) complementing existing Azure deployment. |
| Microsoft Azure | Primary cloud infrastructure for Aladdin platform, supporting enterprise deployments across institutional clients. |
| Preqin | Private markets data integrated into Aladdin ecosystem following BlackRock's acquisition for alternatives and private market analytics. |
| Python Ecosystem | First-class Python support via AladdinSDK on PyPI, with Jupyter Notebook examples and plugin architecture for domain extensions. |
| RepRisk | ESG risk data integrated into Aladdin portfolio management for reputational and environmental risk analysis. |
Machine-readable API specifications organized by format.
- aladdin-studio-graph-portfolio-schema.json
- aladdin-studio-graph-portfolio-list-schema.json
- aladdin-studio-graph-position-schema.json
- aladdin-studio-graph-position-list-schema.json
- aladdin-studio-graph-factor-exposure-schema.json
- aladdin-studio-graph-portfolio-risk-schema.json
- aladdin-studio-graph-security-schema.json
- aladdin-studio-data-cloud-connection-schema.json
- aladdin-studio-data-cloud-connection-list-schema.json
- aladdin-studio-data-cloud-query-request-schema.json
- aladdin-studio-data-cloud-query-result-schema.json
- aladdin-studio-data-cloud-dataset-schema.json
- aladdin-studio-data-cloud-dataset-list-schema.json
- aladdin-studio-trading-order-schema.json
- aladdin-studio-trading-order-list-schema.json
- aladdin-studio-trading-order-request-schema.json
- aladdin-studio-investment-research-security-research-schema.json
- aladdin-studio-investment-research-portfolio-analytics-schema.json
- aladdin-studio-graph-portfolio-structure.json
- aladdin-studio-graph-position-structure.json
- aladdin-studio-graph-portfolio-risk-structure.json
- aladdin-studio-graph-security-structure.json
- aladdin-studio-data-cloud-connection-structure.json
- aladdin-studio-data-cloud-query-result-structure.json
- aladdin-studio-trading-order-structure.json
- aladdin-studio-investment-research-security-research-structure.json
- aladdin-studio-investment-research-portfolio-analytics-structure.json
- aladdin-studio-graph-portfolio-example.json
- aladdin-studio-graph-position-example.json
- aladdin-studio-graph-portfolio-risk-example.json
- aladdin-studio-graph-security-example.json
- aladdin-studio-data-cloud-connection-example.json
- aladdin-studio-data-cloud-query-result-example.json
- aladdin-studio-trading-order-example.json
- aladdin-studio-investment-research-security-research-example.json
- aladdin-studio-investment-research-portfolio-analytics-example.json
Naftiko capabilities organized as shared per-API definitions composed into customer-facing workflows.
- Aladdin Graph API — 5 operations for portfolio, position, risk, and security data
- Aladdin Data Cloud API — 3 operations for Snowflake analytics
| Workflow | APIs Combined | Tools | Persona |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio Analytics | aladdin-graph, aladdin-data-cloud | 7 | Portfolio Manager, Risk Analyst, Quantitative Researcher |
- Aladdin Studio Vocabulary — Unified taxonomy mapping 10 resources, 4 actions, 1 workflow, and 3 personas across operational (OpenAPI) and capability (Naftiko) dimensions
- Aladdin Studio Spectral Rules — 33 rules across 11 categories enforcing Aladdin Studio API conventions
FN: Kin Lane
Email: kin@apievangelist.com