xbbg

Bloomberg data toolkit for humans

Requirements

• Bloomberg Open API

pip install --index-url=https://bloomberg.bintray.com/pip/simple blpapi

• Bloomberg C++ SDK version 3.12.1 or higher - download
  • Copy blpapi3_32.dll and blpapi3_64.dll under bin folder to blp/DAPI
• pdbdp - pandas wrapper for Bloomberg Open API
• numpy, pandas and pyarrow

Installation

pip install xbbg

Tutorial

Creation of connection create_connection() is not necessary. Quries will create new connections if there's no live connections on the backend. Since each initiation of connection takes time, we can manually connect before we want to do multiple queries - just like examples below.

In[1]: from xbbg import blp

In[2]: blp.create_connection()

Out[2]: (<pdblp.pdblp.BCon at 0x1c35cd0e898>, True)

• BDP example:

In[3]: blp.bdp(tickers='NVDA US Equity', flds=['Security_Name', 'GICS_Sector_Name'])

Out[3]:
           ticker             field                   value
0  NVDA US Equity     Security_Name             NVIDIA Corp
1  NVDA US Equity  GICS_Sector_Name  Information Technology

• BDH example:

In[4]: blp.bdh(
  ...:     tickers='SPX Index', flds=['High', 'Low', 'Last_Price'],
  ...:     start_date='2018-10-10', end_date='2018-10-20',
  ...: )

Out[4]:
ticker     SPX Index
field           High      Low Last_Price
date
2018-10-10  2,874.02 2,784.86   2,785.68
2018-10-11  2,795.14 2,710.51   2,728.37
2018-10-12  2,775.77 2,729.44   2,767.13
2018-10-15  2,775.99 2,749.03   2,750.79
2018-10-16  2,813.46 2,766.91   2,809.92
2018-10-17  2,816.94 2,781.81   2,809.21
2018-10-18  2,806.04 2,755.18   2,768.78
2018-10-19  2,797.77 2,760.27   2,767.78

• BDH example with Excel compatible inputs:

In[4]: blp.bdh(
  ...:     tickers='SHCOMP Index', flds=['High', 'Low', 'Last_Price'],
  ...:     start_date='2018-09-26', end_date='2018-10-20',
  ...:     Per='W', Fill='P', Days='A',
  ...: )

Out[4]:
ticker     SHCOMP Index
field              High      Low Last_Price
date
2018-09-28     2,827.34 2,771.16   2,821.35
2018-10-05     2,827.34 2,771.16   2,821.35
2018-10-12     2,771.94 2,536.66   2,606.91
2018-10-19     2,611.97 2,449.20   2,550.47

• BDH without adjustment for dividends and splits:

In[5]: blp.bdh(
  ...:     'AAPL US Equity', 'Px_Last', '20140604', '20140610',
  ...:     CshAdjNormal=False, CshAdjAbnormal=False, CapChg=False
  ...: )

Out[5]: 
ticker     AAPL US Equity
field             Px_Last
date                     
2014-06-04         644.82
2014-06-05         647.35
2014-06-06         645.57
2014-06-09          93.70
2014-06-10          94.25

• BDH adjusted for dividends and splits:

In[6]: blp.bdh(
  ...:     'AAPL US Equity', 'Px_Last', '20140604', '20140610',
  ...:     CshAdjNormal=True, CshAdjAbnormal=True, CapChg=True
  ...: )

Out[6]:
ticker     AAPL US Equity
field             Px_Last
date                     
2014-06-04          85.12
2014-06-05          85.45
2014-06-06          85.22
2014-06-09          86.58
2014-06-10          87.09

• BDS example:

In[7]: blp.bds('AAPL US Equity', 'DVD_Hist_All', DVD_Start_Dt='20180101', DVD_End_Dt='20180531')

Out[7]:
            ticker         field                name         value  position
0   AAPL US Equity  DVD_Hist_All       Declared Date    2018-05-01         0
1   AAPL US Equity  DVD_Hist_All             Ex-Date    2018-05-11         0
2   AAPL US Equity  DVD_Hist_All         Record Date    2018-05-14         0
3   AAPL US Equity  DVD_Hist_All        Payable Date    2018-05-17         0
4   AAPL US Equity  DVD_Hist_All     Dividend Amount          0.73         0
5   AAPL US Equity  DVD_Hist_All  Dividend Frequency       Quarter         0
6   AAPL US Equity  DVD_Hist_All       Dividend Type  Regular Cash         0
7   AAPL US Equity  DVD_Hist_All       Declared Date    2018-02-01         1
8   AAPL US Equity  DVD_Hist_All             Ex-Date    2018-02-09         1
9   AAPL US Equity  DVD_Hist_All         Record Date    2018-02-12         1
10  AAPL US Equity  DVD_Hist_All        Payable Date    2018-02-15         1
11  AAPL US Equity  DVD_Hist_All     Dividend Amount          0.63         1
12  AAPL US Equity  DVD_Hist_All  Dividend Frequency       Quarter         1
13  AAPL US Equity  DVD_Hist_All       Dividend Type  Regular Cash         1

• Intraday bars BDIB example:

In[8]: blp.bdib(ticker='BHP AU Equity', dt='2018-10-17').tail()

Out[8]:
                           open  high   low  close   volume  numEvents
2018-10-17 15:56:00+11:00 33.62 33.65 33.62  33.64    16660        126
2018-10-17 15:57:00+11:00 33.65 33.65 33.63  33.64    13875        156
2018-10-17 15:58:00+11:00 33.64 33.65 33.62  33.63    16244        159
2018-10-17 15:59:00+11:00 33.63 33.63 33.61  33.62    16507        167
2018-10-17 16:10:00+11:00 33.66 33.66 33.66  33.66  1115523        216

• Intraday bars within market session:

In[9]: blp.intraday(ticker='7974 JT Equity', dt='2018-10-17', session='am_open_30').tail()

Out[9]:
                               open      high       low     close  volume  numEvents
2018-10-17 09:27:00+09:00 39,970.00 40,020.00 39,970.00 39,990.00   10800         44
2018-10-17 09:28:00+09:00 39,990.00 40,020.00 39,980.00 39,980.00    6300         33
2018-10-17 09:29:00+09:00 39,970.00 40,000.00 39,960.00 39,970.00    3300         21
2018-10-17 09:30:00+09:00 39,960.00 40,010.00 39,950.00 40,000.00    3100         19
2018-10-17 09:31:00+09:00 39,990.00 40,000.00 39,980.00 39,990.00    2000         15

• Earnings

In[10]: blp.earning('AMD US Equity', Eqy_Fund_Year=2017, Number_Of_Periods=1)

Out[10]:

                 Level   FY_2017  FY_2017_Pct
Asia-Pacific      1.00  3,540.00        66.43
    China         2.00  1,747.00        49.35
    Japan         2.00  1,242.00        35.08
    Singapore     2.00    551.00        15.56
United States     1.00  1,364.00        25.60
Europe            1.00    263.00         4.94
Other Countries   1.00    162.00         3.04

• Dividends

In[11]: blp.dividend(['C US Equity', 'MS US Equity'], start_date='2018-01-01', end_date='2018-05-01')

Out[11]:
               declared_date     ex_date record_date payable_date dividend_amount dividend_frequency dividend_type
ticker
C US Equity       2018-01-18  2018-02-02  2018-02-05   2018-02-23            0.32            Quarter  Regular Cash
MS US Equity      2018-04-18  2018-04-27  2018-04-30   2018-05-15            0.25            Quarter  Regular Cash
MS US Equity      2018-01-18  2018-01-30  2018-01-31   2018-02-15            0.25            Quarter  Regular Cash

Optimizations

This library uses a global Bloomberg connection on the backend - more specically, _xcon_ in globals() variable. Since initiation of connections takes time, if multiple queries are expected, manually create a new connection (which will be shared by all following queries) is helpful before calling any queries:

from xbbg import blp

blp.create_connection()

Data Storage

If BBG_ROOT is provided in os.environ, data can be saved locally. By default, local storage is preferred than Bloomberg for all queries.

Noted that local data usage must be compliant with Bloomberg Datafeed Addendum (full description in DAPI<GO>):

To access Bloomberg data via the API (and use that data in Microsoft Excel), your company must sign the 'Datafeed Addendum' to the Bloomberg Agreement. This legally binding contract describes the terms and conditions of your use of the data and information available via the API (the "Data"). The most fundamental requirement regarding your use of Data is that it cannot leave the local PC you use to access the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL service.

Bloomberg Binaries

• Reference: https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/support/api-library/
• Install with pip

pip install --index-url=https://bloomberg.bintray.com/pip/simple blpapi

• Install in pipenv

Add source in Pipfile

[[source]]
name = "bbg"
url = "https://bloomberg.bintray.com/pip/simple"
verify_ssl = true

Run pipenv

cd ...\xbbg\env
pipenv install blpapi