static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("Bloomberg API Emulator Examples");
Console.WriteLine("http://bemu.codeplex.com/");
Console.WriteLine("By: Robinson664");
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("To send a historical data request, push 1");
Console.WriteLine("To send a intraday bar data request, push 2");
Console.WriteLine("To send a intraday tick data request, push 3");
Console.WriteLine("To send a market data request, push 4");
Console.WriteLine("To send a reference data request, push 5");
string input = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine();
bool informationReturned = true;
switch (input)
{
case "1":
HistoricalDataRequest.RunExample();
break;
case "2":
IntradayBarDataRequest.RunExample();
break;
case "3":
IntradayTickDataRequest.RunExample();
break;
case "4":
MarketDataRequest.RunExample();
break;
case "5":
ReferenceDataRequest.RunExample();
break;
default:
informationReturned = false;
break;
}
if (informationReturned)
{
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Please note that the data in this request is completely random: it is not real data.");
Console.WriteLine("Do not make any trading or investment decisions using the data shown here.");
}
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Push enter to quit the application.");
Console.ReadLine();
}
/// <summary>
/// This example Bloomberg request starts a session meant for Reference Requests and requests a few fields for several securities.
/// I pulled this example code almost line-for-line from section C.1 of the Bloomberg API Developer's Guide
/// </summary>
public static void RunExample()
{
SessionOptions sessionOptions = new SessionOptions();
sessionOptions.ServerHost = "localhost";
sessionOptions.ServerPort = 8194;
Session session = new Session(sessionOptions);
if (session.Start() && session.OpenService("//blp/refdata"))
{
Service refDataSvc = session.GetService("//blp/refdata");
if (refDataSvc == null)
{
Console.WriteLine("Cannot get service");
}
else
{
CorrelationID requestID = new CorrelationID(1);
Request request = refDataSvc.CreateRequest("ReferenceDataRequest");
{ //append securities
//request information for the following securities
request.Append("securities", "SPY US EQUITY");
request.Append("securities", "AAPL 150117C00600000 EQUITY"); //this is a stock option: TICKER yyMMdd[C/P]\d{8} EQUITY
//request.Append("securities", "ZYZZ US EQUITY"); //the code treats securities that start with a "Z" as non-existent
request["securities"].AppendValue("MSFT US EQUITY"); //This is another way to append a security
}
{ //append regular fields
//include the following simple fields in the result
//request.Append("fields", "ZPX_LAST"); //the code treats a field that starts with a "Z" as a bad field
request.Append("fields", "PX_LAST");
request.Append("fields", "BID");
request.Append("fields", "ASK");
request.Append("fields", "TICKER");
request.Append("fields", "TRADEABLE_DT"); //hard-coded to be treated as a datetime to illustrated datetimes
request.Append("fields", "OPT_EXPIRE_DT"); //only stock options have this field
request["fields"].AppendValue("TICKER"); //This is another way to append a field
}
{ //append an overridable field
//request a field that can be overriden and returns bulk data
request.Append("fields", "CHAIN_TICKERS"); //only stocks have this field
Element overrides = request["overrides"];
//request only puts
Element ovrdPutCall = overrides.AppendElement();
ovrdPutCall.SetElement("fieldId", "CHAIN_PUT_CALL_TYPE_OVRD");
ovrdPutCall.SetElement("value", "P"); //accepts either "C" for calls or "P" for puts
//request 5 options in the result
Element ovrdNumStrikes = overrides.AppendElement();
ovrdNumStrikes.SetElement("fieldId", "CHAIN_POINTS_OVRD");
ovrdNumStrikes.SetElement("value", 5); //accepts a positive integer
//request options that expire on Dec. 20, 2014
Element ovrdDtExps = overrides.AppendElement();
ovrdDtExps.SetElement("fieldId", "CHAIN_EXP_DT_OVRD");
ovrdDtExps.SetElement("value", "20141220"); //accepts dates in the format yyyyMMdd (this is Dec. 20, 2014)
}
session.SendRequest(request, requestID);
bool continueToLoop = true;
while (continueToLoop)
{
Event eventObj = session.NextEvent();
switch (eventObj.Type)
{
case Event.EventType.RESPONSE: // final event
continueToLoop = false;
ReferenceDataRequest.handleResponseEvent(eventObj);
break;
case Event.EventType.PARTIAL_RESPONSE:
ReferenceDataRequest.handleResponseEvent(eventObj);
break;
default:
ReferenceDataRequest.handleOtherEvent(eventObj);
break;
}
}
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Cannot connect to server. Check that the server host is \"localhost\" or \"127.0.0.1\" and that the server port is 8194.");
}
}