I'll start on this package but not promising I have time to devote right now. https://github.com/milktrader/Bloomberg.jl
Stop by and check the progress though and feel free to contribute. Cheers, Dan On Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 4:46:42 PM UTC-5, Charles Santana wrote: > > Hi, > > Thanks for the tips! I am taking a look at their python api and my first > idea was to use PyCall.jl to call their functions. But I will also consider > the option to adapt Quandl.jl functions. > > I forgot to send the link for the bloomberg open source initiative: > http://www.bloomberglabs.com/api/libraries/ > > Thanks! > > > On 19 November 2015 at 22:12, milktrader <[email protected] <javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Hmm, looking at the Bloomberg API it appears you'll need to wrap their C >> API, so a bit more involved than what Quandl.jl does. >> >> I didn't realize Bloomberg had an open source initiative. >> >> >> On Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 3:21:31 PM UTC-5, milktrader wrote: >>> >>> It wouldn't take much to make a Julia package for this. Bloomberg data >>> is subscription-based, no? You could copy how Quandl.jl does this and >>> simply replace the Quandl api with the Bloomberg api. >>> >>> Good luck >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, November 18, 2015 at 5:58:56 PM UTC-5, Charles Santana >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Does anyone know a way to access Bloomberg data with Julia? >>>> >>>> I know there is a library in R ( >>>> http://ftp.auckland.ac.nz/software/CRAN/src/contrib/Descriptions/RBloomberg.html) >>>> >>>> but I think it is no longer updated. >>>> >>>> There is also an API for Python, available here: >>>> https://github.com/filmackay/blpapi-py I might try to use PyCall.jl >>>> >>>> However, I would prefer to use some library in Julia, if it exists. I >>>> found some packages to work with finances, but I didn't see any mention to >>>> Bloomberg database. >>>> >>>> Thanks for any tip! >>>> >>>> Charles >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Um axé! :) >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Charles Novaes de Santana, PhD >>>> http://www.imedea.uib-csic.es/~charles >>>> >>> > > > -- > Um axé! :) > > -- > Charles Novaes de Santana, PhD > http://www.imedea.uib-csic.es/~charles >
