Bloomberg APIs Pagedata API

Page Data Service — GPGX page subscription

Operations 1

POST /pagedata/subscribe Subscribe to a Bloomberg GPGX page #

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OpenAPI Specification

bloomberg-apis-pagedata-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Bloomberg API (BLPAPI) Pagedata API
  version: '2.54'
  summary: Logical OpenAPI representation of the Bloomberg API (BLPAPI) v3.x
  description: 'The Bloomberg API (BLPAPI) is the official client-side library for accessing

    Bloomberg market data, reference data, news, and analytics services across

    Desktop API, Server API, and B-PIPE delivery models.'
  contact:
    name: Bloomberg Production Support
    url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/support/
  license:
    name: Permissive (Bloomberg sample license terms)
  termsOfService: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/support/api-library/
servers:
- url: blpapi+session://{session}
  description: 'Logical BLPAPI session endpoint. In production, applications open a

    `Session` against `Session.Options` configured for Desktop API

    (`localhost:8194`), Server API (`<server-host>:8194` with ASID

    authentication), or B-PIPE (multiple BPIPE hosts with token authentication).

    '
  variables:
    session:
      default: localhost
      description: Session identifier — Desktop, Server API ASID, or B-PIPE BPID
security:
- desktopAPI: []
- serverAPI: []
- bpipeToken: []
tags:
- name: pagedata
  description: Page Data Service — GPGX page subscription
paths:
  /pagedata/subscribe:
    post:
      operationId: pageDataSubscribe
      tags:
      - pagedata
      summary: Subscribe to a Bloomberg GPGX page
      description: 'Subscribes to a GPGX page topic in the form `GPGX/MONITOR/PAGE` (e.g.

        `0708/012/0001`). Specifies which rows on the page to subscribe to.

        Receives PageUpdate (full page) and RowUpdate (partial) events.


        **BLPAPI service**: `//blp/pagedata`'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/x-blpapi-subscription:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PageDataSubscription'
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Subscription accepted — page/row updates delivered asynchronously
          content:
            application/x-blpapi-event-stream:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PageDataEvents'
components:
  schemas:
    PageDataEvents:
      oneOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PageUpdate'
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/RowUpdate'
    PageUpdate:
      type: object
      properties:
        numRows:
          type: integer
        numCols:
          type: integer
        rowUpdate:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RowUpdate'
    RowUpdate:
      type: object
      properties:
        rowNum:
          type: integer
        spanUpdate:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              startCol:
                type: integer
              length:
                type: integer
              text:
                type: string
              attr:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - BLINK
                  - DOUBLEWIDTH
                  - INTENSIFY
                  - POINTANDCLICK
                  - REVERSE
                  - UNDERLINE
              fgColor:
                type: string
                enum:
                - AMBER
                - BLACK
                - DARKBLUE
                - DARKGREEN
                - DEEPBLUE
                - FLASHINGBLUE
                - FLASHINGRED
                - GRAY
                - LIGHTBLUE
                - LIGHTGREEN
                - ORANGE
                - PINK
                - RED
                - VIOLET
                - WHITE
                - YELLOW
              bgColor:
                type: string
                enum:
                - AMBER
                - BLACK
                - DARKBLUE
                - DARKGREEN
                - DEEPBLUE
                - FLASHINGBLUE
                - FLASHINGRED
                - GRAY
                - LIGHTBLUE
                - LIGHTGREEN
                - ORANGE
                - PINK
                - RED
                - VIOLET
                - WHITE
                - YELLOW
    PageDataSubscription:
      type: object
      required:
      - topic
      properties:
        topic:
          type: string
          description: Form `GPGX/MONITOR/PAGE` (e.g. `0708/012/0001`).
          example: 0708/012/0001
        fields:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            description: Row specifiers — `1`, `1,2,3`, or `1,6-10,15,16`.
  securitySchemes:
    desktopAPI:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-BLPAPI-Session
      description: 'Desktop API authorization is handled by the local Bloomberg Professional

        terminal. Applications open a session against `localhost:8194` and the

        terminal context is the authorization. No token is presented over the wire.

        '
    serverAPI:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-BLPAPI-ASID
      description: 'Server API authorization is by ASID and registered IP address.

        The application''s IP must be entitled in the Bloomberg Anywhere

        permissioning system; an `AuthorizationRequest` with `ipAddress`

        validates the user''s identity at that location.

        '
    bpipeToken:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: BLPAPI-Token
      description: 'B-PIPE applications acquire a token via the

        `AuthorizationTokenRequest` operation, then submit the token in an

        `AuthorizationRequest` to obtain an Identity object. The Identity

        object is then attached to subsequent service requests.

        '
externalDocs:
  description: Bloomberg API Developer's Guide v2.54 (June 30, 2014)
  url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/support/api-library/