Bloomberg API Demo Client

This is a simple C# console app ¹ to demonstrate the use of the Bloomberg Server API on Microsoft Windows.

Note: this will also work with Bloomberg Desktop API if you have a Bloomberg terminal.

Requirements

To compile and run this, you'll need:

• A Windows PC with Microsoft net6.0 (or greater) installed.
• The Bloomberg API libraries (Bloomberg.Blpapi) from the Bloomberg website. ²

At this point you should be able to get Demo Mode working with fake data. To get real Bloomberg data, you'll need:

• A Bloomberg SAPI license (and assorted hardware infrastructure) and a Bloomberg username and UUID.³
• The hostname or IP address of your Bloomberg server (or localhost if you do have Bloomberg terminal software).

Footnotes

1. https://github.com/gui-cs/Terminal.Gui ↩

2. https://bcms.bloomberg.com/BLPAPI-Generic/blpapi_dotnet_3.19.2.1.zip ↩

3. https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/support/api-library/ ↩