Wed, 18 Sep 2024

Rblpapi 0.3.15: Updated and New BLP Library

bloomberg terminal

Version 0.3.15 of the Rblpapi package arrived on CRAN today. Rblpapi provides a direct interface between R and the Bloomberg Terminal via the C++ API provided by Bloomberg (but note that a valid Bloomberg license and installation is required).

This is the fifteenth release since the package first appeared on CRAN in 2016. This release updates to the current version 3.24.6 of the Bloomberg API, and rounds out a few corners in the packaging from continuous integration to the vignette.

The detailed list of changes follow below.

Changes in Rblpapi version 0.3.15 (2024-09-18)

  • A warning is now issued if more than 1000 results are returned (John in #377 addressing #375)

  • A few typos in the rblpapi-intro vignette were corrected (Michael Streatfield in #378)

  • The continuous integration setup was updated (Dirk in #388)

  • Deprecation warnings over char* where C++ class Name is now preferred have been addressed (Dirk in #391)

  • Several package files have been updated (Dirk in #392)

  • The request formation has been corrected, and an example was added (Dirk and John in #394 and #396)

  • The Bloomberg API has been upgraded to release 3.24.6.1 (Dirk in #397)

Courtesy of my CRANberries, there is also a diffstat report for the this release. As always, more detailed information is at the Rblpapi repo or the Rblpapi page. Questions, comments etc should go to the issue tickets system at the GitHub repo.

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