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import blpapi
import sys
import pandas as pd
# Fill SessionOptions
def init_bbg_session(ipaddr, port=8184):
sessionOptions = blpapi.SessionOptions()
sessionOptions.setServerHost(ipaddr)
sessionOptions.setServerPort(port)
session = blpapi.Session(sessionOptions)
# Start a Session
if not session.start():
print "Failed to start session."
sys.exit(0)
if not session.openService("//blp/refdata"):
print "Failed to open //blp/refdata"
sys.exit(0)
return session
def retreive_data(session, securities, fields, settle_date=None):
refDataService = session.getService("//blp/refdata")
request = refDataService.createRequest("ReferenceDataRequest")
for security in securities:
request.append("securities", security)
for field in fields:
request.append("fields", field)
if settle_date:
overrides = request.getElement('overrides')
o = overrides.appendElement()
o.setElement("fieldId", "SETTLE_DT")
o.setElement("value", "{0:%Y%m%d}".format(settle_date))
session.sendRequest(request)
data = []
try:
# Process received events
while(True):
# We provide timeout to give the chance to Ctrl+C handling:
ev = session.nextEvent(500)
if ev.eventType() in [blpapi.Event.PARTIAL_RESPONSE, blpapi.Event.RESPONSE]:
for msg in ev:
data.append(msg)
# Response completely received, so we could exit
if ev.eventType() == blpapi.Event.RESPONSE:
break
finally:
# Stop the session
session.stop()
return data
def process_msgs(data):
# return a dict whose keys are the bloomberg securities
# and whose values are a dict of bloomberg fields -> values
# the values can either be a scalar or a dataframe
newdata = {}
for msg in data:
if msg.messageType() == blpapi.Name("ReferenceDataResponse"):
securityDataArray = msg.getElement("securityData")
for securityData in securityDataArray.values():
securityName = securityData.getElementValue("security")
row = {}
fieldData = securityData.getElement("fieldData")
for field in fieldData.elements():
if not field.isValid():
print "Invalid field: {0}".format(str(field))
elif field.isArray():
df = pd.DataFrame.from_dict(
[{str(e.name()): e.getValue() for e in f.elements()} \
for f in field.values()])
row[str(field.name())] = df.convert_objects(convert_dates='coerce') #to convert dates to timestamps
else:
row[str(field.name())] = field.getValue()
newdata[securityName] = row
return newdata
if __name__=="__main__":
session = init_bbg_session('192.168.0.4', 8194)
fields = ['HIST_PRINCIPAL_DISTRIBUTED', 'HIST_LOSSES', 'MTG_HIST_FACT',
'MTG_HIST_CPN', 'HIST_INTEREST_DISTRIBUTED']
sec = ['45254NMV6 Mtge']
data = retreive_data(session, sec, fields)
test = process_msgs(data)
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