Bloomberg Products and Platforms

Bloomberg Open API (BLPAPI)

Cross-platform API providing access to the full Bloomberg data ecosystem including real-time, reference, and historical data with SDKs for Python, Java, C++, and other languages.

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aid: bloomberg-products-and-platforms:blpapi
name: Bloomberg Open API (BLPAPI)
description: Cross-platform API providing access to the full Bloomberg data ecosystem including real-time,
  reference, and historical data with SDKs for Python, Java, C++, and other languages.
humanURL: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/
baseURL: blpapi://localhost:8194
tags:
- Core API
- Cross-Platform
- Market Data
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/