Bloomberg AIM Distributions API
Access completed data distributions and downloads
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Bloomberg Data License API (HAPI) Distributions API
description: Provides programmatic access to Bloomberg's comprehensive financial, pricing, reference, regulatory, and alternative data covering over 50 million securities and 56,000 fields via the Hypermedia API (HAPI). The BEAP/HAPI follows a hypermedia-driven REST architecture where clients discover resources through link relations in responses.
version: 1.0.0
contact:
name: Bloomberg Developer Support
url: https://developer.bloomberg.com/
license:
name: Proprietary
url: https://www.bloomberg.com/notices/tos/
termsOfService: https://www.bloomberg.com/notices/tos/
servers:
- url: https://api.bloomberg.com/eap
description: Bloomberg Enterprise Access Point (Production)
security:
- bearerAuth: []
- oauth2: []
tags:
- name: Distributions
description: Access completed data distributions and downloads
paths:
/catalogs/{catalogId}/distributions:
get:
operationId: listDistributions
summary: List Distributions
description: Returns available data distributions (completed outputs) for the catalog.
tags:
- Distributions
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/catalogId'
responses:
'200':
description: A list of distributions
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/DistributionCollection'
examples:
Listdistributions200Example:
summary: Default listDistributions 200 response
x-microcks-default: true
value:
contains:
- '@type': example_value
identifier: example_value
snapshotTime: '2026-01-15T10:30:00Z'
status: pending
links: {}
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
/catalogs/{catalogId}/distributions/{distributionId}:
get:
operationId: getDistribution
summary: Get Distribution Details
description: Returns details and download links for a specific distribution.
tags:
- Distributions
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/catalogId'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/distributionId'
responses:
'200':
description: Distribution details with download links
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Distribution'
examples:
Getdistribution200Example:
summary: Default getDistribution 200 response
x-microcks-default: true
value:
'@type': example_value
identifier: example_value
snapshotTime: '2026-01-15T10:30:00Z'
status: pending
links:
replies: https://www.example.com
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
schemas:
DistributionCollection:
type: object
properties:
contains:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Distribution'
example: []
Distribution:
type: object
properties:
'@type':
type: string
const: Distribution
example: example_value
identifier:
type: string
example: example_value
snapshotTime:
type: string
format: date-time
example: '2026-01-15T10:30:00Z'
status:
type: string
enum:
- pending
- completed
- error
example: pending
links:
type: object
properties:
replies:
type: string
format: uri
example: example_value
Error:
type: object
properties:
error:
type: object
properties:
code:
type: string
message:
type: string
details:
type: string
example: example_value
parameters:
catalogId:
name: catalogId
in: path
required: true
description: Unique identifier for the catalog
schema:
type: string
distributionId:
name: distributionId
in: path
required: true
description: Unique identifier for the distribution
schema:
type: string
responses:
NotFound:
description: Resource not found
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
Unauthorized:
description: Authentication credentials missing or invalid
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
securitySchemes:
bearerAuth:
type: http
scheme: bearer
bearerFormat: JWT
description: Bloomberg-issued JWT credential obtained from the Bloomberg Console.
oauth2:
type: oauth2
description: OAuth 2.0 client credentials flow
flows:
clientCredentials:
tokenUrl: https://bsso.blpprofessional.com/ext/api/as/token.oauth2
scopes:
eap: Access to Enterprise Access Point data
eap.catalogs.read: Read catalog data
eap.catalogs.write: Write catalog data