[R-SIG-Finance] Bloomberg login through R

[John Laing]

This will work to an extent, but is not the intended use. The
Bloomberg APIs will continue to work for a time after you log off from
the terminal. Eventually the connection will go away.

In response to Ayhan's original question: there is not a way to
provide login credentials through R. It is expected that a terminal is
already open and connected to Bloomberg, and the API then piggybacks
on that session.

John

2011/12/5 Pierre Lapointe <pierrelap at gmail.com>:
> Why don't you try it?
> Type LOFF <GO> on your Bloomberg
> And try to use RBloomberg.
> It works on mine.
> 2011/12/5 Ayhan Yüksel (Finans Portföy A.Ş.) <Ayhan.Yuksel at finansportfoy.com>:
>> Hi,
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>> I have a question about gathering data from Bloomberg using Rbloomberg package.
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>> If the bloomberg terminal is logged off, is it possible to login to Bloomberg through R?
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>> e.g. something like:
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>> library(RBloomberg)
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>> conn <- blpConnect(username=ABCDE, password=123456)
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>> Kind regards,
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>> Ayhan Yuksel
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