Bloomberg B-PIPE/BPOD
A colleague came across B-PIPE while surfing LinkedIn. I’ve never directly used B-PIPE so was curious to know what it was, but as usual there is hardly anything on the web 
This article provides some information, plus Bloomberg’s web site provide minimal information.
Bloomberg B-PIPE™ is a real-time data distribution service enabling customers to seamlessly integrate Bloomberg content with their systems. B-Pipe delivers data from more than 200 exchanges including the New York Stock Exchange, NASD and the Options Price Reporting Authority (OPRA).
Has anyone used B-PIPE? Is it just market data?
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Hey, nice post, really well written. You should post more about this.
i’ve dealt with the api. its an event dispatching model written in C++ using a CORBA ORB called ACE/TAO that i happen to be fond of. with BPIPE u don’t get access to the full set of Reference data company and bloomberg analytics. The better choice with bloomberg is Server API ver 3.x but obviously you don’t get the full market tick by tick pipe. best i’ve come up with for market data solution to get one or more of your exec brokers to give you access to market data through a FIX connection and supplement ref data etc with an abused bloomberg desktop api or Server API if you download enough to be on bloomberg’s radar
BPOD is “B-PIPE On-Demand.” It has an “interactive” market data API.
Otherwise, yes, it’s a Market Data product. It allows you to receive Bloomberg data embedded in your application.
Caplin evaluated B-PIPE API (and the Server API) a few years back – we were thinking of building a DataSource adapter for pulling market data to desktop equity DMA apps. It’s basically a market data feed for a bunch of primarily equity exchanges – I guess competing with Reuters RDN feed.
In the end we didn’t use it – instead we came up with an innovative local adapter (called Siphon) that pulled data from the end-user’s own local bloomberg (using the Client API) to feed the installed DMA app, meaning the user (or app provide) only had to pay exchange fees once.
Matt,
I have the Bloomberg B-Pipe On-Demand documentation. Email me and I will send it to you.
Nico I would be interested in seeing the documentation as i am interested in comparing to wombat and Active feed offerings.
Kevin,
I have started to look into Bloombergs’s BPOD feed and planning to use it. I would be interested in learning from your experience. Would appreciate if you can please share your experience of comapring this against wombat and other offering and if you would recommend BPOD or not.
Many thnaks and looking forward to hearing from you,
Praveen
Nico, I would really appreciate seeing the documentation if you have a chance.
Nico
I would also appreciate a copy of BPIPE documentation.
Thanks
madhbesh.kumar@bloombergutv.com
Hi Nico, I would like to have that document for a reference as well. If you dont mind, please send a copy to me. Many thanks. By Miyagi (miyagic[at]hotmail[dot]com)
Hi Nico,
I would also like a copy of the document for BPIPE if you don’t mind. I’m considering getting their BPIPE for international market. Thank you so much.
Kenny
Hi Nico,
May I ask you to send me Bloomberg B-Pipe documentation, if it still possible?
Thanks a lot.
Nico, like others, I would be very interested in viewing the documentation [email: wysiwyg08620(at)yahoo(dot)com].
Thank you.
Nico, can you please send me the documentation referred to as well? Many thanks in advance.
Hi Nico … can you email me a copy of the B-Pipe On-Demand documentation? Thanks.
Hi Nico,
please send me the docs as well. Thx
Hi
Could you please send me the documentation.
Thank you.
RZ.
Hi Nico,
I’m sure that you’ve got a lot of request for the documentation. Would you mind sending me the documentation for BPIPE and Wombat?
Thanks,
Joel
My email: bosguy0@gmail.com
Nico,
Bloomberg is very particular about how the data you receive from them is stored and (re)transmitted. This also covers documentation. Check that you’re not violating the license agreement by disseminating docs to a non-licensee.
-Sev
Nico can you please send me a copy of that Bloomberg Documentation — Many thanks
if you can include and wombat documentation as well that would be extremely helpful
aarprm@gmail.com
Hi,
Hi,
I’m sure that you’ve got a lot of request for this documentation. Would you mind sending me the documentation for BPIPE and Wombat if you nanage to get them?
Thanks,
Joel
My email is: bosguy0@gmail.com
Would like to explore B-Pipe, can you please email documentation to me as well
davey, I would appreciate if you can share a copy of BPIPE documentation with me, what Nico might have shared with you already. Also i need your advise on the below.
I have been using Bloomberg.API from bloomberg termial to fetch data from bloomberg. If you can help me understand what is the difference between this API and Bloomberg Server API which i have been hearing some rumours on. Just for your info i am very much new to this domain and these systems, i developed a component with Bloomberg API which runs on bloomberg terminal to get data however my colleague mentioned that Bloomberg Server API doesn’t require to run on bloomberg Terminal. Is this true. Awaiting for your response.
do you have a copy of the B-PIPE documentation which you could forward to me? thanks in advance …
Hi Nico, I would be very interested in viewing the documentation. May you please send it to me as well
plz send me the documentation on client and server
api for Bloomberg trading system
Is anybody guys can help me with suggestion how to receive my trades from BBG. I need to develop STP interface between BBG and Back Office & Settlement system. So, when the trade is booked, I want to receive a trading execution record via my interface and to process the trade. thanks
Jordan,
I have been working with Bloomberg B-Pipe for the last 5 years. Our company developed feed handlers for both B-Pipe feeds (broadcast and on demand) and had them platinum authorized from Bloomberg. Please shoot me an email @ a(at)uzunov(dot)com and I would be glad to help you.
A~
Hi A, would you be available to chat re Bloomberg? Thanks, Mark
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