Bloomberg AIM Universes API
Manage security universes for data requests
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Bloomberg Data License API (HAPI) Universes 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: Universes
description: Manage security universes for data requests
paths:
/catalogs/{catalogId}/universes:
get:
operationId: listUniverses
summary: List Universes
description: Returns the security universes defined in the catalog.
tags:
- Universes
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/catalogId'
responses:
'200':
description: A list of universes
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/UniverseCollection'
examples:
Listuniverses200Example:
summary: Default listUniverses 200 response
x-microcks-default: true
value:
contains:
- '@type': example_value
identifier: example_value
title: Example Title
description: A sample description.
contains: {}
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
post:
operationId: createUniverse
summary: Create a Universe
description: Creates a new security universe containing a set of identifiers (tickers, FIGIs, ISINs, CUSIPs, SEDOLs, etc.) for data requests.
tags:
- Universes
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/catalogId'
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/UniverseCreate'
examples:
CreateuniverseRequestExample:
summary: Default createUniverse request
x-microcks-default: true
value:
'@type': example_value
identifier: example_value
title: Example Title
description: A sample description.
contains:
- '@type': example_value
identifierType: TICKER
identifierValue: example_value
responses:
'201':
description: Universe created
headers:
Location:
description: URI of the created universe
schema:
type: string
format: uri
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Universe'
examples:
Createuniverse201Example:
summary: Default createUniverse 201 response
x-microcks-default: true
value:
'@type': example_value
identifier: example_value
title: Example Title
description: A sample description.
contains:
- '@type': example_value
identifierType: TICKER
identifierValue: example_value
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
/catalogs/{catalogId}/universes/{universeId}:
get:
operationId: getUniverse
summary: Get Universe Details
description: Returns details of a specific security universe.
tags:
- Universes
parameters:
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/catalogId'
- $ref: '#/components/parameters/universeId'
responses:
'200':
description: Universe details
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Universe'
examples:
Getuniverse200Example:
summary: Default getUniverse 200 response
x-microcks-default: true
value:
'@type': example_value
identifier: example_value
title: Example Title
description: A sample description.
contains:
- '@type': example_value
identifierType: TICKER
identifierValue: example_value
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
x-microcks-operation:
delay: 0
dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
schemas:
UniverseCreate:
type: object
required:
- '@type'
- identifier
- title
- contains
properties:
'@type':
type: string
const: Universe
example: example_value
identifier:
type: string
description: Unique universe identifier
example: example_value
title:
type: string
description: Human-readable universe title
example: Example Title
description:
type: string
example: A sample description.
contains:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SecurityIdentifier'
example: []
Error:
type: object
properties:
error:
type: object
properties:
code:
type: string
message:
type: string
details:
type: string
example: example_value
SecurityIdentifier:
type: object
properties:
'@type':
type: string
const: Identifier
example: example_value
identifierType:
type: string
description: Type of identifier
enum:
- TICKER
- BB_GLOBAL
- ISIN
- CUSIP
- SEDOL
- BB_UNIQUE
- FIGI
example: TICKER
identifierValue:
type: string
description: The identifier value
example: example_value
Universe:
type: object
properties:
'@type':
type: string
const: Universe
example: example_value
identifier:
type: string
description: Unique universe identifier
example: example_value
title:
type: string
description: Human-readable universe title
example: Example Title
description:
type: string
example: A sample description.
contains:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SecurityIdentifier'
example: []
UniverseCollection:
type: object
properties:
contains:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Universe'
example: []
parameters:
catalogId:
name: catalogId
in: path
required: true
description: Unique identifier for the catalog
schema:
type: string
universeId:
name: universeId
in: path
required: true
description: Unique identifier for the universe
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'
BadRequest:
description: Invalid request parameters
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