Bloomberg Terminals

Bloomberg Open API (BLPAPI)

The Bloomberg Open API provides programmatic access to data available in the Bloomberg Terminal including real-time prices, reference data, historical data, news, and analytics. SDKs for C++, Java, Python, C#/.NET, and Perl.

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Documentation
https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/bloomberg/blpapi-node

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg-terminals/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: bloomberg-terminals:blpapi
name: Bloomberg Open API (BLPAPI)
description: The Bloomberg Open API provides programmatic access to data available in the Bloomberg Terminal
  including real-time prices, reference data, historical data, news, and analytics. SDKs for C++, Java,
  Python, C#/.NET, and Perl.
humanURL: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/
baseURL: blpapi://localhost:8194
tags:
- BLPAPI
- Market Data
- Real-Time
- Terminal API
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/bloomberg/blpapi-node
- type: SDKs
  url: https://pypi.org/project/blpapi/
  title: Python SDK