Bloomberg market data API made public for C++, .Net, Java, Perl
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Bloomberg market data API made public for C++, .Net, Java, Perl
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Re: Bloomberg market data API made public for C++, .Net, Java, Perl
#2This is great for small finance startups where previously the costs were astronomical.
I'm certainly going to look at incorporating this in to livelystocks.com which could benefit from some realtime finance data.
Re: Bloomberg market data API made public for C++, .Net, Java, Perl
#3Direct link: http://open.bloomberg.com/
But why make the docs .pdf?!
Re: Bloomberg market data API made public for C++, .Net, Java, Perl
#4Wow this looks pretty awesome. As a student who is interested in relating programming to finance, this definitely looks like it takes care of some barriers that were previously in place. I'm extremely excited to look into this.
Re: Bloomberg market data API made public for C++, .Net, Java, Perl
#5Direct link: http://open.bloomberg.com/ But why make the docs .pdf?!
This is a massive step for Bloomberg; let's give them a chance to improve over time. One day they might make an appearance on GitHub...
Re: Bloomberg market data API made public for C++, .Net, Java, Perl
#6This is great for small finance startups where previously the costs were astronomical. I'm certainly going to look at incorporating this in to livelystocks.com which could benefit from some realtime finance data.
I haven't looked at the license yet, but I suspect it may have certain restrictions with regards to providing the data to others without becoming a paying customer.
Re: Bloomberg market data API made public for C++, .Net, Java, Perl
#7I'm not convinced that they're actually offering the data for free here. Merely the use of the API is now free (You used to have to actually purchase Bloomberg terminals/hardware to use it). I've emailed both of their contact addresses requesting more information, will edit this as soon as I get a response.
Re: Bloomberg market data API made public for C++, .Net, Java, Perl
#8This is great for small finance startups where previously the costs were astronomical. I'm certainly going to look at incorporating this in to livelystocks.com which could benefit from some realtime finance data.
I was initially very excited but once you read the details it's the spec and implementation of the API for a realtime market data messaging system that is public and MIT licenced (unlike Bloomberg's competitors) not any actual data sources.
Presumably even if you want to test a new client implementation, you would need to have an account with Bloomberg (the magazine article mentions "beta" markets but I'm guessing that doesn't mean in finance what it means to developers).
Re: Bloomberg market data API made public for C++, .Net, Java, Perl
#9If anyone wants licensed Bloomberg financial news content, we have that in our News API and can give to you guys at HN rates. Can be used for commercial use. We worked hard to get this agreement done with Bloomberg since we know a lot of finance startup could use this.
Re: Bloomberg market data API made public for C++, .Net, Java, Perl
#10I'm not convinced that they're actually offering the data for free here. Merely the use of the API is now free (You used to have to actually purchase Bloomberg terminals/hardware to use it). I've emailed both of their contact addresses requesting more information, will edit this as soon as I get a response.
(Of course) the data won't be free. They don't get it for free--"tape" fees are a major source of exchange revenue.
(Although it's possible some delayed feeds may be available, etc.)