Bloomber API for python tutorial

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mrt picture mrt · Jan 23, 2018 · Viewed 11.5k times · Source

Does anyone know any good resources/ tutorials/ books to get started with Bloomberg's API blpapi in python?

I have searched everywhere and I haven't found anything at all..

Answer

assylias picture assylias · Jan 24, 2018

If you download the API from the official website and you the zip file, you will find an "examples" folder which has plenty of examples.

Then there's the core developer guide if you need help on the schemas.

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