Bloomberg AIM Field Search API
Search and discover available data fields
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Bloomberg HTTP Field Search API
description: Makes the Bloomberg Open API available via HTTP and WebSockets, allowing clients to access reference and historical request-response data as well as subscribe to live streaming market data. This API wraps the BLPAPI protocol into RESTful HTTP endpoints and WebSocket connections.
version: 1.0.0
contact:
name: Bloomberg Developer Support
url: https://github.com/bloomberg/blpapi-http
license:
name: Apache-2.0
url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: https://localhost:3000
description: Local Bloomberg HTTP API server (default)
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Field Search
description: Search and discover available data fields
paths:
/request/blp/refdata/FieldInfoRequest:
post:
operationId: fieldInfoRequest
summary: Get Field Information
description: Returns metadata about specified Bloomberg fields, including descriptions, data types, and categories.
tags:
- Field Search
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldInfoRequest'
examples:
FieldinforequestRequestExample:
summary: Default fieldInfoRequest request
x-microcks-default: true
value:
fieldId:
- example_value
returnFieldDocumentation: true
responses:
'200':
description: Field information response
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldInfoResponse'
examples:
Fieldinforequest200Example:
summary: Default fieldInfoRequest 200 response
x-microcks-default: true
value:
data:
- fieldData:
- {}
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
/request/blp/refdata/FieldSearchRequest:
post:
operationId: fieldSearchRequest
summary: Search for Fields
description: Searches for Bloomberg fields by keyword or category.
tags:
- Field Search
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldSearchRequest'
examples:
FieldsearchrequestRequestExample:
summary: Default fieldSearchRequest request
x-microcks-default: true
value:
searchSpec: example_value
returnFieldDocumentation: true
responses:
'200':
description: Field search results
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/FieldSearchResponse'
examples:
Fieldsearchrequest200Example:
summary: Default fieldSearchRequest 200 response
x-microcks-default: true
value:
data:
- fieldData:
- {}
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
schemas:
FieldSearchResponse:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
fieldData:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
fieldInfo:
type: object
properties:
mnemonic:
type: string
description:
type: string
datatype:
type: string
categoryName:
type: array
items:
type: string
example: []
FieldInfoRequest:
type: object
required:
- fieldId
properties:
fieldId:
type: array
items:
type: string
description: List of field mnemonics or IDs to look up
example: '500123'
returnFieldDocumentation:
type: boolean
default: false
example: true
Error:
type: object
properties:
message:
type: string
example: example_value
status:
type: integer
example: 10
FieldInfoResponse:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
fieldData:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
fieldInfo:
type: object
properties:
mnemonic:
type: string
description:
type: string
datatype:
type: string
categoryName:
type: array
items:
type: string
documentation:
type: string
example: []
FieldSearchRequest:
type: object
required:
- searchSpec
properties:
searchSpec:
type: string
description: Search keyword or pattern
example: example_value
returnFieldDocumentation:
type: boolean
default: false
example: true
responses:
InternalError:
description: Internal server error or BLPAPI service error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
BadRequest:
description: Invalid request parameters
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
securitySchemes:
basicAuth:
type: http
scheme: basic
description: HTTP Basic authentication for the local API server