# Bloomberg Query Language (BQL) API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/bloomberg-query-language-bql/bql-api/  
**Provider:** Bloomberg Query Language (BQL) — https://apis.io/providers/bloomberg-query-language-bql/  
**Base URL:** blpapi://localhost:8194  
**Documentation:** https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/support/api-library/

Bloomberg Query Language (BQL) API is one of 2 APIs that [Bloomberg Query Language (BQL)](https://apis.io/providers/bloomberg-query-language-bql/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include BQL, Query API, Financial Data, and Time Series. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Execute BQL queries programmatically via the Bloomberg API to retrieve custom computed financial data, filtered security sets, and time series expressions from Bloomberg's data universe. Accessible via BLPAPI and Bloomberg Excel Add-in.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/support/api-library/
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg-query-language-bql/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Bloomberg Query Language (BQL) APIs (1)

- [BQL in Bloomberg Excel Add-in](https://apis.io/apis/bloomberg-query-language-bql/bql-excel/)

## Tags

BQL, Query API, Financial Data, Time Series

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