openapi: 3.2.0 info: title: Bloomberg API (BLPAPI) Apiauth API version: '2.54' summary: Logical OpenAPI representation of the Bloomberg API (BLPAPI) v3.x description: 'The Bloomberg API (BLPAPI) is the official client-side library for accessing Bloomberg market data, reference data, news, and analytics services across Desktop API, Server API, and B-PIPE delivery models.' contact: name: Bloomberg Production Support url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/support/ license: name: Permissive (Bloomberg sample license terms) termsOfService: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/support/api-library/ servers: - url: blpapi+session://{session} description: 'Logical BLPAPI session endpoint. In production, applications open a `Session` against `Session.Options` configured for Desktop API (`localhost:8194`), Server API (`:8194` with ASID authentication), or B-PIPE (multiple BPIPE hosts with token authentication). ' variables: session: default: localhost description: Session identifier — Desktop, Server API ASID, or B-PIPE BPID security: - desktopAPI: [] - serverAPI: [] - bpipeToken: [] tags: - name: API Auth description: API Authorization Service — entitlements and identity paths: /apiauth/AuthorizationRequest: post: operationId: authorizationRequest tags: - API Auth summary: Authorize a Bloomberg user against an IP address (Server API) or token (B-PIPE) description: 'Checks whether a given Bloomberg Anywhere user (UUID) is logged into Bloomberg Professional at the specified location, and returns an Identity object that subsequent requests can use to assert permissioning. **BLPAPI service**: `//blp/apiauth` **Operation**: `AuthorizationRequest`' requestBody: required: true content: application/x-blpapi-request: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthorizationRequest' responses: '200': description: AuthorizationSuccess or AuthorizationFailure content: application/x-blpapi-response: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthorizationResponse' /apiauth/LogonStatusRequest: post: operationId: logonStatusRequest tags: - API Auth summary: Check whether a UUID is logged into Bloomberg Anywhere at an IP requestBody: required: true content: application/x-blpapi-request: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/LogonStatusRequest' responses: '200': description: LogonStatusResponse with `isLoggedOn` boolean content: application/x-blpapi-response: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/LogonStatusResponse' /apiauth/UserEntitlementsRequest: post: operationId: userEntitlementsRequest tags: - API Auth summary: List exchange entitlements for a Bloomberg user requestBody: required: true content: application/x-blpapi-request: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserEntitlementsRequest' responses: '200': description: UserEntitlementsResponse with EID array content: application/x-blpapi-response: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/UserEntitlementsResponse' /apiauth/SecurityEntitlementsRequest: post: operationId: securityEntitlementsRequest tags: - API Auth summary: Get exchange entitlements for one or more securities requestBody: required: true content: application/x-blpapi-request: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/SecurityEntitlementsRequest' responses: '200': description: SecurityEntitlementsResponse with per-security EID array content: application/x-blpapi-response: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/SecurityEntitlementsResponse' /apiauth/AuthorizationTokenRequest: post: operationId: authorizationTokenRequest tags: - API Auth summary: Request an authorization token for a Server API application (B-PIPE) description: 'Used by B-PIPE applications to acquire a one-time token for authentication. The token is then submitted via AuthorizationRequest.' requestBody: required: true content: application/x-blpapi-request: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthorizationTokenRequest' responses: '200': description: AuthorizationTokenResponse (or responseError on failure) content: application/x-blpapi-response: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthorizationTokenResponse' components: schemas: ErrorInfo: type: object description: Standard error envelope used in BLPAPI responses. required: - source - code - category - message properties: source: type: string description: Bloomberg internal error source (e.g. `bbdbl1.r1.kgw`). code: type: integer description: Bloomberg internal error code. category: type: string description: General classification of the failure. examples: - BAD_SEC - BAD_FLD - INVALID_REQUEST - NO_AUTH message: type: string description: Human-readable description of the failure. subcategory: type: string description: (Optional) more specific classification of the failure. AuthorizationTokenResponse: type: object properties: token: type: string description: Token string returned on success. responseError: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorInfo' SecurityEntitlementsRequest: type: object required: - securities properties: securities: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Security' UserEntitlementsResponse: type: object properties: eids: type: array items: type: object properties: entitlementId: type: integer UserEntitlementsRequest: type: object required: - uuid properties: uuid: type: integer AuthorizationFailure: type: object properties: AuthorizationFailure: type: object properties: reason: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorInfo' AuthorizationResponse: type: object oneOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthorizationSuccess' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AuthorizationFailure' LogonStatusResponse: type: object properties: isLoggedOn: type: boolean description: True when the UUID is logged into Bloomberg Professional at the IP. Security: type: string description: 'Bloomberg security identifier in the form `[Topic Prefix]/SYMBOLOGY[@Pricing Source][Exchange]` with optional Yellow Key. Default Topic Prefix is `ticker`. Examples: `IBM US Equity`, `/cusip/912828GM6@BGN`, `MSFT@ETPX US Equity`. ' examples: - IBM US Equity - VOD LN Equity - /cusip/912828GM6@BGN - MSFT@ETPX US Equity - GBPUSD BAAM Curncy AuthorizationTokenRequest: type: object required: - uuid properties: uuid: type: integer label: type: string description: Identifier for the requesting Server API application. SecurityEntitlementsResponse: type: object properties: eidData: type: array items: type: object properties: status: type: integer sequenceNumber: type: integer eids: type: array items: type: object properties: entitlementId: type: integer AuthorizationSuccess: type: object properties: AuthorizationSuccess: type: object description: Empty success indicator. Identity object returned on the wire. LogonStatusRequest: type: object required: - uuid - ipAddress properties: uuid: type: integer ipAddress: type: string AuthorizationRequest: type: object properties: uuid: type: integer description: Bloomberg unique user identifier. example: 11223344 ipAddress: type: string description: Location where the user is viewing the Server API data. example: 111.22.33.44 token: type: string description: 'B-PIPE token (deprecated for new applications). Either `ipAddress` or `token` must be supplied. ' deprecated: true requireAsidEquivalence: type: boolean description: 'Deprecated. When true, AuthorizationRequest succeeds only if the user''s permissioning matches or exceeds the Server API''s. ' deprecated: true default: false securitySchemes: desktopAPI: type: apiKey in: header name: X-BLPAPI-Session description: 'Desktop API authorization is handled by the local Bloomberg Professional terminal. Applications open a session against `localhost:8194` and the terminal context is the authorization. No token is presented over the wire. ' serverAPI: type: apiKey in: header name: X-BLPAPI-ASID description: 'Server API authorization is by ASID and registered IP address. The application''s IP must be entitled in the Bloomberg Anywhere permissioning system; an `AuthorizationRequest` with `ipAddress` validates the user''s identity at that location. ' bpipeToken: type: http scheme: bearer bearerFormat: BLPAPI-Token description: 'B-PIPE applications acquire a token via the `AuthorizationTokenRequest` operation, then submit the token in an `AuthorizationRequest` to obtain an Identity object. The Identity object is then attached to subsequent service requests. ' externalDocs: description: Bloomberg API Developer's Guide v2.54 (June 30, 2014) url: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/support/api-library/