Wow! Great initiative!! I am watching it.

Thanks for being so proactive! Although it is the very first time I am
trying to do something related to finances I hope I can help somehow.

Cheers,

Charles

On 20 November 2015 at 00:38, milktrader <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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]> 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 but I think it is no longer updated.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
>>
>


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Um axé! :)

--
Charles Novaes de Santana, PhD
http://www.imedea.uib-csic.es/~charles

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