# Bloomberg IB (Instant Bloomberg)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/bloomberg-message/bloomberg-ib-service/  
**Provider:** Bloomberg Message — https://apis.io/providers/bloomberg-message/  
**Base URL:** blpapi://localhost:8194  
**Documentation:** https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/product/bloomberg-messaging/

Bloomberg IB (Instant Bloomberg) is one of 2 APIs that [Bloomberg Message](https://apis.io/providers/bloomberg-message/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include IB, Instant Messaging, Terminal Messaging, and Secure. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Bloomberg's primary secure messaging service for financial professionals, providing real-time message delivery, group chats, broadcast lists, and file sharing within the Bloomberg Terminal and Bloomberg Anywhere environments.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/product/bloomberg-messaging/
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg-message/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Bloomberg Message APIs (1)

- [Bloomberg Email Gateway](https://apis.io/apis/bloomberg-message/bloomberg-email-gateway/)

## Tags

IB, Instant Messaging, Terminal Messaging, Secure

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/bloomberg-message/bloomberg-ib-service/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/bloomberg-message/.