# Bloomberg BLPAPI Core

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/bloomberg/bloomberg-blpapi-core/  
**Provider:** Bloomberg — https://apis.io/providers/bloomberg/  
**Documentation:** https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/support/api-library/

Bloomberg BLPAPI Core is one of 5 APIs that [Bloomberg](https://apis.io/providers/bloomberg/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification. This API exposes 7 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include B-PIPE, BLPAPI, Desktop API, Historical Data, and Intraday Bars. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, a JSON-LD context, an AsyncAPI specification, and 7 JSON Schemas.

The Bloomberg Open API (BLPAPI) Core — the foundational service-oriented, socket-based API used by the Desktop API, Server API (SAPI), B-PIPE, and Bloomberg Platform products. Provides Request/Response, Subscription, and Publishing paradigms across services including //blp/refdata, //blp/mktdata, //blp/mktbar, //blp/mktvwap, //blp/mktdepthdata, //blp/apiflds, //blp/instruments, //blp/pagedata, and //blp/tasvc.

## Machine-readable artifacts (32)

- **Documentation** — https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/support/api-library/
- **SDKs** — https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/openapi/bloomberg-reference-data-api-openapi.yml
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/openapi/bloomberg-historical-data-api-openapi.yml
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/openapi/bloomberg-intraday-bars-api-openapi.yml
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/openapi/bloomberg-intraday-ticks-api-openapi.yml
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/openapi/bloomberg-field-discovery-api-openapi.yml
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/openapi/bloomberg-subscriptions-api-openapi.yml
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/openapi/bloomberg-real-time-bars-api-openapi.yml
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/openapi/bloomberg-real-time-market-data-api-openapi.yml
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/openapi/bloomberg-request-response-api-openapi.yml
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/openapi/bloomberg-vwap-api-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/json-schema/blpapi-core-messages-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/json-schema/blpapi-core-error-message-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/json-schema/blpapi-core-market-data-event-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/json-schema/blpapi-core-subscription-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/json-schema/blpapi-core-subscription-list-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/json-schema/bloomberg-market-data-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/json-schema/bloomberg-security-schema.json
- **JSONLD** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/json-ld/bloomberg-context.jsonld
- **JSONLD** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/json-ld/blpapi-core-context.jsonld
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/overlays/bloomberg-reference-data-api-overlay.yaml
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/overlays/bloomberg-historical-data-api-overlay.yaml
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/overlays/bloomberg-intraday-bars-api-overlay.yaml
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/overlays/bloomberg-intraday-ticks-api-overlay.yaml
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/overlays/bloomberg-field-discovery-api-overlay.yaml
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/overlays/bloomberg-subscriptions-api-overlay.yaml
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/overlays/bloomberg-real-time-bars-api-overlay.yaml
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/overlays/bloomberg-real-time-market-data-api-overlay.yaml
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/overlays/bloomberg-request-response-api-overlay.yaml
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/overlays/bloomberg-vwap-api-overlay.yaml
- **AsyncAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bloomberg/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/bloomberg-market-data-asyncapi.yml

## Other Bloomberg APIs (4)

- [Bloomberg Market Data API](https://apis.io/apis/bloomberg/bloomberg-market-data-api/)
- [Bloomberg Server API (SAPI)](https://apis.io/apis/bloomberg/bloomberg-server-api/)
- [Bloomberg Data License API](https://apis.io/apis/bloomberg/bloomberg-data-license-api/)
- [Bloomberg EMSX API](https://apis.io/apis/bloomberg/bloomberg-emsx-api/)

## Tags

B-PIPE, BLPAPI, Desktop API, Historical Data, Intraday Bars, Intraday Ticks, Market Data, OpenAPI, Reference Data, Request Response, Server API, Subscription

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