Knowledge hub

Everything you need to understand and build on openfeed

Guides, product updates, Consumer Data Right explainers and developer docs — for the people sharing data and the people building with it.

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New to openfeed? Follow a guided track from the basics to shipping.

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GuidesFor developers

Disclosure consent vs. CDR arrangements: what developers need to know

The two-consent model that lets consumers share in one tap — and how it keeps onward sharing clean, scoped and revocable.

1 min read
News & updates

Introducing openfeed: one consent, every app

Why we built a consumer data platform on top of technology proven across 30+ production CDR implementations, and what it means for consumers and developers in Australia.

1 min read
FAQs

Frequently asked questions

Answers to the questions consumers and developers ask most about openfeed, the Consumer Data Right, sharing, security and getting started.

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GuidesFor consumers

Getting started: connecting your first account

How to sign up for openfeed and connect your first bank or energy account — step by step, in plain English.

2 min read
GuidesFor developers

Quickstart

From zero to live data in a few simple steps: register your app, let users log in with openfeed, request consent to their banking or energy data, and fetch it through a simple REST API.

4 min read
Guides

What is the Consumer Data Right (CDR)?

A plain-English primer on Australia's Consumer Data Right and how openfeed fits in.

1 min read
Guides

Open Banking in Australia: a primer

What Open Banking is, how it grew out of the Consumer Data Right, what data is in scope, and how openfeed makes it usable for everyone.

1 min read
GuidesFor consumers

Connect once, share in a tap: how consent works

Why connecting your bank is a one-time step, and why sharing with each new app only takes a single tap — in plain English.

2 min read
GuidesFor consumers

How onward sharing works

The one-tap sharing model — what happens when you share data with an app, what the app can and can't do, and how to turn it off.

2 min read
GuidesFor developers

Login with openfeed

Optional single sign-on so people can sign in to your app with their openfeed identity, the starting point for a streamlined path to data sharing.

1 min read
Security & trustFor developers

Security & data handling at openfeed

The security posture developers build on: openfeed as an accredited CDR recipient software product, FAPI 2.0 authentication, and data-pipeline controls.

7 min read
GuidesFor developers

Grant management & lifecycle

How grants work on openfeed: the durable handle for a consumer share, how to create, amend, query and revoke them, and how to handle grant state in your app.

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GuidesFor developers

Handling errors from the openfeed API

Every non-200 response you can expect from the openfeed Sharing API, what it means, and how your app should react.

2 min read
Security & trustFor consumers

How openfeed keeps your data safe

Your data, protected — in plain English. What openfeed does to keep your banking and energy data secure, and how you stay in control.

2 min read
GuidesFor developers

Path to production

How to take your openfeed app from first build through verification and into the public app catalogue — the gates you cross, and the guidance to follow along the way.

8 min read
GuidesFor consumers

Sign in to apps with your openfeed account

What "Login with openfeed" means for you, a one-tap way to sign in to apps, separate from sharing your data.

1 min read