{"Package":"Rblpapi","Title":"R Interface to 'Bloomberg'","Version":"0.3.16","Date":"2025-03-31","Authors@R":"c(person(\"Whit\", \"Armstrong\", role = \"aut\"),\nperson(\"Dirk\", \"Eddelbuettel\", role = c(\"aut\", \"cre\"), email = \"edd@debian.org\",\ncomment = c(ORCID = \"0000-0001-6419-907X\")),\nperson(\"John\", \"Laing\", role = \"aut\"))","Imports":"Rcpp (>= 0.11.0), utils","Suggests":"xts, zoo, data.table, simplermarkdown, tinytest","VignetteBuilder":"simplermarkdown","LazyLoad":"yes","LinkingTo":"Rcpp, BH","Description":"An R Interface to 'Bloomberg' is provided via the 'Blp API'.","SystemRequirements":"A valid Bloomberg installation. The API headers and\ndynamic library are downloaded from\n during the build step. See\n as well as\n\nfor API documentation. Currently supported platforms are\nWindows and Linux (both for x86-64 processors only) as well as\nmacOS (for arm64 only). Other os-cpu pairings are not\nsupported by Bloomberg and can therefore not be fully supported\nhere.","URL":"https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/code/rblpapi.html,\nhttps://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi","BugReports":"https://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues","License":"file LICENSE","RoxygenNote":"6.0.1","NeedsCompilation":"yes","Packaged":"2025-03-31 12:24:40 UTC; edd","Author":"Whit Armstrong [aut],\nDirk Eddelbuettel [aut, cre] (),\nJohn Laing [aut]","Maintainer":"Dirk Eddelbuettel ","License_restricts_use":"no","License_is_FOSS":"no","Repository":"CRAN","Date/Publication":"2025-03-31 19:00:03 UTC","repoType":"cran","tarballUrl":"ftp://cran.r-project.org/pub/R/src/contrib/Rblpapi_0.3.16.tar.gz","jsonAuthors":[{"name":"Whit Armstrong","email":null,"maintainer":false},{"name":"Dirk Eddelbuettel","email":"edd@debian.org","maintainer":true},{"name":"John Laing","email":null,"maintainer":false}],"readme":"\n## Rblpapi: R Access to Bloomberg API\n\n[![Build Status](https://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi/actions/workflows/ci.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi/actions/workflows/ci.yaml)\n[![Package-License](http://img.shields.io/badge/license-GPL--3-brightgreen.svg?style=flat)](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html)\n[![LibraryLicense](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-License.txt-yellow.svg?style=flat)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Rblp/Rblpapi/master/inst/License.txt)\n[![CRAN](https://www.r-pkg.org/badges/version/Rblpapi)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=Rblpapi)\n[![Dependencies](https://tinyverse.netlify.app/badge/Rblpapi)](https://cran.r-project.org/package=Rblpapi)\n[![Downloads](https://cranlogs.r-pkg.org/badges/Rblpapi?color=brightgreen)](https://www.r-pkg.org:443/pkg/Rblpapi)\n[![Last Commit](https://img.shields.io/github/last-commit/Rblp/Rblpapi)](https://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi)\n\n### Background\n\nRblpapi provides R with access to data and calculations from Bloomberg\nFinance L.P. via the [API libraries](https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/support/api-library/) provided by\nBloomberg.\n\n\n### Requirements\n\nA valid and working Bloomberg installation.\n\n### Examples\n\nHere are a few simple examples.\n\n```{.r}\nlibrary(Rblpapi)\ncon <- blpConnect() \t# automatic if option(\"blpAutoConnect\") is TRUE\n\nspx <- bdh(securities = \"SPX Index\",\n fields = \"PX_LAST\",\n start.date = as.Date(\"2013-03-01\"))\n\nspx_ndx <- bdh(securities = c(\"SPX Index\",\"NDX Index\"),\n fields = \"PX_LAST\",\n start.date = as.Date(\"2013-03-01\"),\n include.non.trading.days = TRUE)\n\nmonthly.options <- structure(c(\"ACTUAL\", \"MONTHLY\"),\n names = c(\"periodicityAdjustment\",\n \"periodicitySelection\"))\nspx_ndx_monthly <- bdh(securities = c(\"SPX Index\",\"NDX Index\"),\n fields = \"PX_LAST\",\n start.date = as.Date(\"2012-01-01\"),\n options = monthly.options)\n\ngoog_ge_div <- bdh(securities = c(\"GOOG US Equity\",\"GE US Equity\"),\n fields = c(\"PX_LAST\",\"CF_DVD_PAID\"),\n start.date = as.Date(\"2012-11-01\"))\n\ngoog_ge_px <- bdp(securities = c(\"GOOG US Equity\",\"GE US Equity\"),\n fields = c(\"PX_LAST\",\"DS002\"))\n```\n\n### Status\n\nFully functional on Windows and Linux (both for x86_64), and macOS (for arm64).\n\n### Installation\n\nThe package is on [CRAN](https://cran.r-project.org) and can be installed as\nusual via\n\n```r\ninstall.packages(\"Rblpapi\")\n```\n\nBuilds are also available via [r-universe](https://rblp.r-universe.dev/Rblpapi) and can be installed\nvia\n\n```r\ninstall.packages('Rblpapi', repos = c('https://rblp.r-universe.dev',\n 'https://cloud.r-project.org'))\n```\n\n\nInterim (source or binary) releases _may_ be also be made available through the\n[ghrr drat](https://ghrr.github.io/drat/) repository as well and can be accessed via\n\n```r\ninstall.packages(\"drat\") # easier repo access + creation\ndrat:::add(\"ghrr\") # make it known\ninstall.packages(\"Rblpapi\") # install it\n```\n\n### Authors\n\nWhit Armstrong, Dirk Eddelbuettel and John Laing\n\n### License\n\nGPL-3 for our code\n\n[License.txt](inst/License.txt) for the Bloomberg libraries and headers it relies upon","jobInfo":{"package":"Rblpapi","version":"0.3.16","parsingStatus":"success","parserVersion":2,"parsedAt":"2025-03-31T21:30:20+0000"}}

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