Bloomberg L.P.

Bloomberg BLPAPI (Desktop API)

BLPAPI is Bloomberg's core programming interface for the Bloomberg Terminal Desktop API, Server API (SAPI), B-PIPE, and Platform products. It exposes a unified asynchronous session/event/subscription model for requesting reference data, historical data, intraday bars and ticks, market data subscriptions, instrument lookup, and field information via services such as //blp/refdata, //blp/mktdata, //blp/apiflds, and //blp/instruments. SDKs are published in C++, Java, Python, and .NET; the Python SDK alone has 39 releases and ships against version 3.26.4.

GitHub

Documentation

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Documentation
https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/
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APIReference
https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/cpp/3.26/index.html
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GettingStarted
https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/

SDKs

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SDK
https://github.com/msitt/blpapi-python

Other Resources

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DeveloperGuide
https://data.bloomberglp.com/professional/sites/10/2017/03/BLPAPI-Core-Developer-Guide.pdf
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GitHubOrganization
https://github.com/bloomberg
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SDKPython
https://pypi.org/project/blpapi/
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SDKJava
https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/java/3.26/index.html
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SDKDotNet
https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/dotnet/3.26/index.html
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SDKCPP
https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/cpp/3.26/index.html
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Pricing
https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/pricing/
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License
https://github.com/msitt/blpapi-python/blob/master/License.txt

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: bloomberg-lp:blpapi
name: Bloomberg BLPAPI (Desktop API)
description: BLPAPI is Bloomberg's core programming interface for the Bloomberg Terminal Desktop API,
  Server API (SAPI), B-PIPE, and Platform products. It exposes a unified asynchronous session/event/subscription
  model for requesting reference data, historical data, intraday bars and ticks, market data subscriptions,
  instrument lookup, and field information via services such as //blp/refdata, //blp/mktdata, //blp/apiflds,
  and //blp/instruments. SDKs are published in C++, Java, Python, and .NET; the Python SDK alone has 39
  releases and ships against version 3.26.4.
humanURL: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/
tags:
- BLPAPI
- Desktop API
- Reference Data
- Historical Data
- Market Data
- SDK
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/cpp/3.26/index.html
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/
- type: DeveloperGuide
  url: https://data.bloomberglp.com/professional/sites/10/2017/03/BLPAPI-Core-Developer-Guide.pdf
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/bloomberg
- type: SDK
  url: https://github.com/msitt/blpapi-python
- type: SDKPython
  url: https://pypi.org/project/blpapi/
- type: SDKJava
  url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/java/3.26/index.html
- type: SDKDotNet
  url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/dotnet/3.26/index.html
- type: SDKCPP
  url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/cpp/3.26/index.html
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/pricing/
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/msitt/blpapi-python/blob/master/License.txt