Bloomberg Server API and Ruby / Python

Question

I want to write a new application in ruby ​​/ python that uses the bloomberg feed and is stuck trying to find any documentation to use (or even configure) the Bloomberg API in any of these languages.

Does anyone have any good links to tutorials for this, or maybe some kind of boilerplate code for customization? Or is it best to stick to the three main supported languages?

Answer 1

You have checked some questions in SO about this. It can help you.

• Bloomberg API Request Reject Time
• Asynchronous data through the new Bloomberg Data API (COM v3) with Python?

Resolver is a spreadsheet implementation in IronPython and has very good integration for the Bloomberg API.

• http://www.resolversystems.com/documentation/apidocs/MarketData_Bloomberg.html

Answer 2

The v3.5 Bloomberg Open API (BLPAPI) release now has its own Python SDK.

http://www.openbloomberg.com/2012/11/21/open-api-blpapi-v3-5-x-released/

Answer 3

Here is a simple client access API that I wrote using the links provided, as well as some others. Not everything is implemented, but it is a good start.

https://github.com/bpsmith/pybbg