Bloomberg Applications

Bloomberg Terminal Connect API

Desktop API for accessing Bloomberg Terminal functionality programmatically through Excel, custom applications, and third-party systems. No public baseURL is recorded because none exists: the BLPAPI Desktop API connects to the local Bloomberg Communication Server process on the operator's own machine (127.0.0.1:8194) and inherits authorization from the logged-in Terminal session, so the endpoint is the consumer's workstation rather than a Bloomberg-hosted host.

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API entry from apis.yml

aid: bloomberg-applications:bloomberg-terminal-connect-api
name: Bloomberg Terminal Connect API
description: 'Desktop API for accessing Bloomberg Terminal functionality programmatically through Excel,
  custom applications, and third-party systems. No public baseURL is recorded because none exists: the
  BLPAPI Desktop API connects to the local Bloomberg Communication Server process on the operator''s own
  machine (127.0.0.1:8194) and inherits authorization from the logged-in Terminal session, so the endpoint
  is the consumer''s workstation rather than a Bloomberg-hosted host.'
humanURL: https://professional.bloomberg.com/support/api-library/
tags:
- Desktop API
- Excel Integration
- Financial Analytics
- Terminal
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://professional.bloomberg.com/support/api-library/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/bloomberg-applications-packages.yml