Bloomberg L.P.

aid: bloomberg-lp
name: Bloomberg L.P.
description: Bloomberg L.P. is a privately held financial, software, data, and media company founded by Michael Bloomberg
  in 1981 and headquartered in New York City. The company is best known for the Bloomberg Terminal, which delivers real-time
  market data, news, analytics, and trading tools to roughly 325,000 subscribers worldwide, and for Bloomberg News, Bloomberg.com,
  Bloomberg Television, and Bloomberg Industry Group (formerly Bloomberg BNA). On the developer side, Bloomberg exposes the
  BLPAPI (Bloomberg API) family across the Desktop API, Server API, B-PIPE, and Data License products via SDKs in C++, Java,
  Python and .NET, and operates OpenFIGI — the free, public Financial Instrument Global Identifier (FIGI) symbology API and
  the most openly accessible Bloomberg API surface for the general developer audience.
accessModel:
  pricing: enterprise
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Enterprise · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
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created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Financial Services
- Market Data
- News
- Reference Data
- Symbology
- Terminal
apis:
- aid: bloomberg-lp:blpapi
  name: Bloomberg BLPAPI (Desktop API)
  description: BLPAPI is Bloomberg's core programming interface for the Bloomberg Terminal Desktop API, Server API (SAPI),
    B-PIPE, and Platform products. It exposes a unified asynchronous session/event/subscription model for requesting reference
    data, historical data, intraday bars and ticks, market data subscriptions, instrument lookup, and field information via
    services such as //blp/refdata, //blp/mktdata, //blp/apiflds, and //blp/instruments. SDKs are published in C++, Java,
    Python, and .NET; the Python SDK alone has 39 releases and ships against version 3.26.4.
  humanURL: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/
  tags:
  - BLPAPI
  - Desktop API
  - Reference Data
  - Historical Data
  - Market Data
  - SDK
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/cpp/3.26/index.html
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/
  - type: DeveloperGuide
    url: https://data.bloomberglp.com/professional/sites/10/2017/03/BLPAPI-Core-Developer-Guide.pdf
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/bloomberg
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/msitt/blpapi-python
  - type: SDKPython
    url: https://pypi.org/project/blpapi/
  - type: SDKJava
    url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/java/3.26/index.html
  - type: SDKDotNet
    url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/dotnet/3.26/index.html
  - type: SDKCPP
    url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/cpp/3.26/index.html
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/pricing/
  - type: License
    url: https://github.com/msitt/blpapi-python/blob/master/License.txt
- aid: bloomberg-lp:server-api
  name: Bloomberg Server API (SAPI)
  description: Server-side variant of BLPAPI that lets a single Bloomberg Terminal user serve real-time market data, historical
    data, reference data, and calculation-engine output to multiple in-house applications and end users from a Linux or Windows
    server. Uses the same BLPAPI SDKs (C, C++, .NET, Python, Java) as the Desktop API.
  humanURL: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/products/data/data-connectivity/server-api/
  tags:
  - Server API
  - SAPI
  - Enterprise
  - Real-Time Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/products/data/data-connectivity/server-api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/pricing/
- aid: bloomberg-lp:b-pipe
  name: Bloomberg B-PIPE
  description: Bloomberg's flagship enterprise market data feed, delivering normalized, consolidated, real-time and reference
    data across all asset classes with Bloomberg's entitlement and identifier infrastructure. Offered as Bloomberg-hosted
    B-PIPE and Managed B-PIPE, with access via BLPAPI.
  humanURL: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/products/data/enterprise-catalog/data-feeds/b-pipe/
  tags:
  - B-PIPE
  - Market Data Feed
  - Enterprise
  - Real-Time Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/products/data/enterprise-catalog/data-feeds/b-pipe/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/pricing/
- aid: bloomberg-lp:data-license
  name: Bloomberg Data License (DL / BEAP)
  description: Bulk reference, pricing, regulatory, and alternative-data delivery service covering over 50 million securities
    and 30,000+ fields. Accessed via REST API (HAPI / Bloomberg Enterprise Access Point), SFTP, or cloud delivery (AWS, Azure,
    GCP). Suited to back-office, risk, compliance and research use cases that do not require streaming market data.
  humanURL: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/products/data/data-management/data-license/
  tags:
  - Data License
  - Reference Data
  - Bulk Data
  - Regulatory Data
  - Alternative Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/products/data/data-management/data-license/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://developer.bloomberg.com/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/pricing/
- aid: bloomberg-lp:terminal
  name: Bloomberg Terminal
  description: Bloomberg's flagship subscription product — a desktop application delivering real-time market data, news, analytics,
    trading, messaging, and research to financial professionals globally. The Terminal is also the entitlement host for the
    Desktop BLPAPI.
  humanURL: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/products/bloomberg-terminal/
  tags:
  - Terminal
  - Subscription
  - Workstation
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/products/bloomberg-terminal/
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/pricing/
  - type: Signup
    url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/request-demo/
- aid: bloomberg-lp:bloomberg-lp-filter-api
  name: Bloomberg L.P. Filter API
  description: Filtered, paginated search across the FIGI universe.
  humanURL: https://www.openfigi.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.openfigi.com/v3
  tags:
  - Filter
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bloomberg-lp-filter-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/api/documentation
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/api/documentation
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/api
  - type: Signup
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/user/signup
  - type: APIKey
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/user/signup
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/api/documentation
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/about/terms
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/OpenFIGI
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/OpenFIGI/api-examples
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/openfigi-rules.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/openfigi-figi-record-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchemaMappingJob
    url: json-schema/openfigi-mapping-job-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/openfigi-figi-record-structure.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/bloomberg-lp-context.jsonld
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/
- aid: bloomberg-lp:bloomberg-lp-mapping-api
  name: Bloomberg L.P. Mapping API
  description: Map third-party identifiers to FIGIs.
  humanURL: https://www.openfigi.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.openfigi.com/v3
  tags:
  - Mapping
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bloomberg-lp-mapping-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/api/documentation
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/api/documentation
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/api
  - type: Signup
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/user/signup
  - type: APIKey
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/user/signup
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/api/documentation
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/about/terms
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/OpenFIGI
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/OpenFIGI/api-examples
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/openfigi-rules.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/openfigi-figi-record-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchemaMappingJob
    url: json-schema/openfigi-mapping-job-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/openfigi-figi-record-structure.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/bloomberg-lp-context.jsonld
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/
- aid: bloomberg-lp:bloomberg-lp-reference-api
  name: Bloomberg L.P. Reference API
  description: Enumerated values for request and response fields.
  humanURL: https://www.openfigi.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.openfigi.com/v3
  tags:
  - Reference
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bloomberg-lp-reference-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/api/documentation
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/api/documentation
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/api
  - type: Signup
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/user/signup
  - type: APIKey
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/user/signup
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/api/documentation
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/about/terms
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/OpenFIGI
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/OpenFIGI/api-examples
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/openfigi-rules.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/openfigi-figi-record-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchemaMappingJob
    url: json-schema/openfigi-mapping-job-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/openfigi-figi-record-structure.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/bloomberg-lp-context.jsonld
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/
- aid: bloomberg-lp:bloomberg-lp-search-api
  name: Bloomberg L.P. Search API
  description: Keyword search across the FIGI universe.
  humanURL: https://www.openfigi.com/api
  baseURL: https://api.openfigi.com/v3
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/bloomberg-lp-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/api/documentation
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/api/documentation
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/api
  - type: Signup
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/user/signup
  - type: APIKey
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/user/signup
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/api/documentation
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.openfigi.com/about/terms
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/OpenFIGI
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://github.com/OpenFIGI/api-examples
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/openfigi-rules.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/openfigi-figi-record-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchemaMappingJob
    url: json-schema/openfigi-mapping-job-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/openfigi-figi-record-structure.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/bloomberg-lp-context.jsonld
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/
common:
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/bloomberg-lp/overview
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/bloomberg-lp-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bloomberg-lp-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/bloomberg-lp-authentication.yml
- type: LandingPage
  url: https://www.bloomberg.com/
- type: Company
  url: https://www.bloomberg.com/company/
- type: ProfessionalPortal
  url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.bloomberg.com/
- type: OpenFIGIPortal
  url: https://www.openfigi.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://bloomberg.github.io/blpapi-docs/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/support/
- type: Contact
  url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/contact-menu/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/pricing/
- type: Login
  url: https://bba.bloomberg.net/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.bloomberg.com/notices/tos/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.bloomberg.com/notices/privacy/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/bloomberg
- type: OpenFIGIGitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/OpenFIGI
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bloomberg/
- type: XTwitter
  url: https://twitter.com/business
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.bloomberg.com/company/stories/
- type: TechBlog
  url: https://www.bloomberg.com/company/stories/category/tech-at-bloomberg/
- type: News
  url: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/bloomberg-lp-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/bloomberg-lp-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/bloomberg-lp-finops.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/bloomberg-lp-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: json-ld/bloomberg-lp-context.jsonld
- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Free FIGI Symbology
    description: OpenFIGI maps tickers, ISINs, CUSIPs, SEDOLs, and other identifiers to FIGIs at no cost, with optional API
      key for higher throughput.
  - name: Multi-Language SDK Coverage
    description: BLPAPI ships official SDKs in C++, Java, Python, and .NET, plus community/legacy wrappers in Node.js and
      Haskell.
  - name: Unified Programming Model
    description: One BLPAPI session/event/subscription model spans Desktop API, Server API, B-PIPE, and Platform.
  - name: Real-Time and Historical Data
    description: BLPAPI exposes reference data, historical data, intraday bar/tick data, and real-time market data subscriptions
      via //blp/refdata and //blp/mktdata.
  - name: Bulk Enterprise Delivery
    description: Bloomberg Data License delivers 50M+ securities and 30,000+ fields over REST, SFTP, and cloud channels.
  - name: News and Editorial Content
    description: Bloomberg News powers bloomberg.com, Bloomberg Television, and licensed enterprise news feeds (Event-Driven
      Feeds, Machine Readable News).
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Cross-Provider Symbology
    description: Use OpenFIGI to resolve broker, exchange, and vendor identifiers to a stable, permanent FIGI for downstream
      joins.
  - name: Quantitative Trading
    description: Build algorithmic trading strategies using BLPAPI real-time and historical market data subscriptions.
  - name: Risk and Compliance Reporting
    description: Pull reference, pricing, and regulatory data from Bloomberg Data License into risk and regulatory pipelines.
  - name: Research and Analytics
    description: Combine Bloomberg historical data with news and event-driven feeds for sell-side, buy-side, and academic
      research.
  - name: Portfolio and Order Management
    description: Embed Bloomberg market data and reference data into OMS/EMS and portfolio analytics platforms via the Server
      API.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Microsoft Excel
    description: Bloomberg Excel Add-In for spreadsheet-based analysis on top of Terminal entitlements.
  - name: Python
    description: blpapi Python SDK (3.26.x) for data science and quantitative finance workflows.
  - name: Java
    description: BLPAPI Java SDK for enterprise JVM applications.
  - name: .NET
    description: BLPAPI .NET SDK for C# and F# applications.
  - name: C++
    description: BLPAPI C++ SDK for low-latency trading and market data applications.
  - name: MATLAB
    description: Bloomberg Datafeed Toolbox connects MATLAB analytics to Bloomberg.
  - name: R
    description: Community Rblpapi package binds R to BLPAPI.
  - name: AWS / Azure / GCP
    description: Bloomberg Data License supports cloud delivery to all three major hyperscalers.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
  url: https://apievangelist.com