# Bloomberg Open API (BLPAPI)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/bloomberg-products-and-platforms/blpapi/  
**Provider:** Bloomberg Products and Platforms — https://apis.io/providers/bloomberg-products-and-platforms/  
**Base URL:** blpapi://localhost:8194  
**Documentation:** https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/

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

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.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

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

## Other Bloomberg Products and Platforms APIs (2)

- [Bloomberg B-PIPE](https://apis.io/apis/bloomberg-products-and-platforms/bpipe/)
- [Bloomberg EMSX (Electronic Order Management)](https://apis.io/apis/bloomberg-products-and-platforms/emsx/)

## Tags

Core API, Cross-Platform, Market Data

---

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