# Bloomberg Open API (BLPAPI)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/bloomberg-platform/blpapi/  
**Provider:** Bloomberg Platform — https://apis.io/providers/bloomberg-platform/  
**Base URL:** blpapi://localhost:8194  
**Documentation:** https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/

Bloomberg Open API (BLPAPI) is one of 3 APIs that [Bloomberg Platform](https://apis.io/providers/bloomberg-platform/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Core API, Market Data, and Platform API. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a GitHub repository.

The foundational API layer of the Bloomberg Platform providing real-time, reference, and historical data access through a socket-based protocol with SDKs for multiple programming languages.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/bloomberg/blpapi-node
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg-platform/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Bloomberg Platform APIs (2)

- [Bloomberg Cloud Connect](https://apis.io/apis/bloomberg-platform/bloomberg-cloud-api/)
- [Bloomberg Identity and Access Management](https://apis.io/apis/bloomberg-platform/bloomberg-identity-api/)

## Tags

Core API, Market Data, Platform API

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