Bloomberg APIs instruments API
Instruments Service — security/curve/government lookups
Bloomberg APIs instruments API is one of 12 APIs that Bloomberg APIs publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Instruments. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2.54.
Requests are made against a single base URL, blpapi+session://{session}.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 3
Bloomberg APIs instruments API declares
3 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as X-BLPAPI-Session (desktopAPI).
An API key is passed in the header as X-BLPAPI-ASID (serverAPI).
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (BLPAPI-Token) (bpipeToken).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
desktopAPI— Desktop API authorization is handled by the local Bloomberg Professional terminal. Applications open a session against localhost:8194 and the terminal context…serverAPI— Server API authorization is by ASID and registered IP address. The application's IP must be entitled in the Bloomberg Anywhere permissioning system; an Authori…bpipeToken— B-PIPE applications acquire a token via the AuthorizationTokenRequest operation, then submit the token in an AuthorizationRequest to obtain an Identity object.…
Paths & Operations 3
Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Instruments Service — security/curve/government lookups
Schemas 4
The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CurveLookupRequest (8 properties), SecurityLookupRequest (4 properties), GovtLookupRequest (4 properties), InstrumentLookupResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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