Access Bloomberg API from python

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kefeizhou picture kefeizhou · Nov 11, 2011 · Viewed 14.7k times · Source

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Bloomberg Server API and Ruby/Python

What's the best way to access Bloomberg server API from Python?
I need something that'll work on both Windows and Linux (the posts I've seen so far on SO are all for windows specific solutions). And I would prefer to use cpython and not jython etc.

Answer

Andrew Paprocki picture Andrew Paprocki · Nov 22, 2012

The Bloomberg Open API (BLPAPI) v3.5 release now includes a native Python SDK.

Bloomberg Server API and Ruby/Python

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