Bloomberg AIM Instruments API
Search for securities and instruments
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Bloomberg HTTP Instruments 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: Instruments
description: Search for securities and instruments
paths:
/request/blp/instruments/InstrumentListRequest:
post:
operationId: instrumentListRequest
summary: Search for Instruments
description: Searches for securities and instruments by query string, supporting partial matches.
tags:
- Instruments
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/InstrumentListRequest'
examples:
InstrumentlistrequestRequestExample:
summary: Default instrumentListRequest request
x-microcks-default: true
value:
query: example_value
maxResults: 10
yellowKeyFilter: YK_FILTER_NONE
languageOverride: example_value
responses:
'200':
description: Instrument list response
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/InstrumentListResponse'
examples:
Instrumentlistrequest200Example:
summary: Default instrumentListRequest 200 response
x-microcks-default: true
value:
data:
- results:
- {}
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
/request/blp/instruments/CurveListRequest:
post:
operationId: curveListRequest
summary: Search for Curves
description: Searches for yield curves and other curve instruments by query.
tags:
- Instruments
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CurveListRequest'
examples:
CurvelistrequestRequestExample:
summary: Default curveListRequest request
x-microcks-default: true
value:
query: example_value
maxResults: 10
countryCode: example_value
currencyCode: example_value
type: BOND
subtype: SOVEREIGN
responses:
'200':
description: Curve list response
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CurveListResponse'
examples:
Curvelistrequest200Example:
summary: Default curveListRequest 200 response
x-microcks-default: true
value:
data:
- results:
- {}
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
/request/blp/instruments/GovernmentLookupRequest:
post:
operationId: governmentLookupRequest
summary: Look up Government Securities
description: Searches for government bond securities by country, currency, and maturity parameters.
tags:
- Instruments
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/GovernmentLookupRequest'
examples:
GovernmentlookuprequestRequestExample:
summary: Default governmentLookupRequest request
x-microcks-default: true
value:
query: example_value
partialMatch: true
maxResults: 10
responses:
'200':
description: Government security lookup response
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/GovernmentLookupResponse'
examples:
Governmentlookuprequest200Example:
summary: Default governmentLookupRequest 200 response
x-microcks-default: true
value:
data:
- results:
- {}
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
schemas:
Error:
type: object
properties:
message:
type: string
example: example_value
status:
type: integer
example: 10
InstrumentListResponse:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
results:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
security:
type: string
description:
type: string
example: []
CurveListResponse:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
results:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
curve:
type: string
description:
type: string
country:
type: string
currency:
type: string
type:
type: string
subtype:
type: string
example: []
GovernmentLookupRequest:
type: object
required:
- query
properties:
query:
type: string
description: Country or ticker search string
example: example_value
partialMatch:
type: boolean
default: false
example: true
maxResults:
type: integer
default: 10
example: 10
GovernmentLookupResponse:
type: object
properties:
data:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
results:
type: array
items:
type: object
properties:
security:
type: string
description:
type: string
country:
type: string
example: []
CurveListRequest:
type: object
required:
- query
properties:
query:
type: string
description: Search string for curve lookup
example: example_value
maxResults:
type: integer
default: 10
example: 10
countryCode:
type: string
description: Two-letter country code filter
example: example_value
currencyCode:
type: string
description: Three-letter currency code filter
example: example_value
type:
type: string
enum:
- BOND
- CDS
- ISDA
description: Curve type filter
example: BOND
subtype:
type: string
enum:
- SOVEREIGN
- CORPORATE
example: SOVEREIGN
InstrumentListRequest:
type: object
required:
- query
properties:
query:
type: string
description: Search string for instrument lookup
example: example_value
maxResults:
type: integer
description: Maximum number of results to return
default: 10
example: 10
yellowKeyFilter:
type: string
description: Filter by Bloomberg yellow key
enum:
- YK_FILTER_NONE
- YK_FILTER_CMDT
- YK_FILTER_EQUITY
- YK_FILTER_MUNI
- YK_FILTER_PRFD
- YK_FILTER_CLNT
- YK_FILTER_MMKT
- YK_FILTER_GOVT
- YK_FILTER_CORP
- YK_FILTER_INDX
- YK_FILTER_CURR
- YK_FILTER_MTGE
example: YK_FILTER_NONE
languageOverride:
type: string
description: Two-letter language code
example: example_value
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