openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Bloomberg API (BLPAPI) apiauth tasvc 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. > **Important — protocol shape**: The native BLPAPI is **NOT** an HTTP/REST > API. It is a binary, session-oriented, message-passing API delivered over > the Bloomberg Network using the BLPAPI client SDK (C, C++, Java, .NET, Python). > It uses a request/response paradigm and a subscription paradigm rather than > stateless HTTP verbs. > > This OpenAPI document is a **logical mapping** of the BLPAPI service and > schema model into HTTP-shaped operations so that: > > - The request and response message shapes for each Bloomberg service > can be discovered, indexed, and reasoned about by tooling that speaks OpenAPI. > - Agents and code-generators can derive typed client wrappers around the > official BLPAPI SDK. > - The Bloomberg services and their operations become discoverable in > APIs.json indexes alongside REST APIs. > > **It is not a runnable HTTP gateway**. Calls described here must be > translated into BLPAPI SDK requests against a Bloomberg session. > > For Bloomberg''s REST/HTTP products (Bloomberg Data License REST API, > Bloomberg HAPI, Enterprise Data Catalog) refer to those products'' own > developer portals — they are separate from BLPAPI. ## Services The BLPAPI exposes services at well-known service names: - `//blp/refdata` — Reference Data Service (request/response) - `//blp/mktdata` — Market Data Service (subscription) - `//blp/mktvwap` — Custom VWAP Service (subscription) - `//blp/mktbar` — Market Bar Subscription Service (subscription) - `//blp/apiflds` — API Field Information Service (request/response) - `//blp/pagedata` — Page Data Service (subscription) - `//blp/tasvc` — Technical Analysis Service (request/response) - `//blp/apiauth` — API Authorization Service (request/response) - `//blp/instruments` — Instruments Service (request/response) B-PIPE-only services (`//blp/mktdepthdata`, `//blp/mktlist`, `//blp/srcref`) are documented in the BLPAPI Developer''s Guide section 9 and not modeled here. ## Identifier formats Securities follow the format `[Topic Prefix]/SYMBOLOGY[@Pricing Source][Exchange]` with optional Yellow Key (Govt, Corp, Mtge, M-Mkt, Muni, Pfd, Equity, Comdty, Index, Curncy, Client). The default Topic Prefix is `ticker`. Other prefixes include `cusip`, `isin`, `sedol1`, `sedol2`, `bbgid`, `buid`, `wpk`, `sicovam`, `common`, `bsid`, `svm`, `cins`, `cats`. Examples: `IBM US Equity`, `/cusip/912828GM6@BGN`, `MSFT@ETPX US Equity`, `GBPUSD BAAM Curncy`. ## Auth and Permissioning BLPAPI uses Entitlement IDs (EIDs), the `//blp/apiauth` service, and Identity Objects to gate access to data. Three deployment-specific authorization models apply: - **Server API** — IP-based authorization - **B-PIPE** — Token-based authorization with separate authentication step - **Desktop API** — User context derived from the Bloomberg Professional terminal See section 6 of the Developer''s Guide for details. ' 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: tasvc description: Technical Analysis Service — historical, intraday, and real-time studies paths: /tasvc/StudyRequest: post: operationId: studyRequest tags: - tasvc summary: Request a technical analysis study (historical, intraday, or real-time) description: 'Runs a Bloomberg technical analysis study (e.g. SMA, EMA, RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands, Stochastics) and returns the computed series. Three data types: HistoricalEndOfDay, Intraday, and Real-time. **BLPAPI service**: `//blp/tasvc` ' requestBody: required: true content: application/x-blpapi-request: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/StudyRequest' responses: '200': description: Study response with computed series content: application/x-blpapi-response: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/StudyResponse' components: schemas: 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 StudyRequest: type: object required: - priceSource - studyAttributes properties: priceSource: type: object oneOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/HistoricalPriceSource' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/IntradayPriceSource' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/RealtimePriceSource' studyAttributes: type: object description: 'Study-specific parameters (e.g. for SMA: period; for MACD: fastEMA, slowEMA, signalEMA; for Bollinger: period, stdDev). Refer to the BLPAPI Developer''s Guide for the full set per study. ' additionalProperties: true RealtimePriceSource: type: object properties: sourceType: type: string const: RealtimePriceSource security: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Security' IntradayPriceSource: type: object properties: sourceType: type: string const: IntradayPriceSource security: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Security' eventType: type: string enum: - TRADE - BID - ASK startDateTime: type: string format: date-time endDateTime: type: string format: date-time interval: type: integer minimum: 1 maximum: 1440 HistoricalPriceSource: type: object properties: sourceType: type: string const: HistoricalPriceSource security: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Security' priceField: type: string enum: - PX_LAST - PX_OPEN - PX_HIGH - PX_LOW - PX_VOLUME startDate: type: string example: '20100101' endDate: type: string periodicitySelection: type: string enum: - DAILY - WEEKLY - MONTHLY - QUARTERLY - SEMI_ANNUALLY - YEARLY StudyResponse: type: object properties: responseError: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorInfo' studyData: type: array items: type: object properties: date: type: string format: date-time value: type: number 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. 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/