Authenticate Bloomberg API access
This function authenticates against the the Bloomberg API
blpAuthenticate(uuid = getOption("blpUUID", NULL),
host = getOption("blpLoginHostname", "localhost"),
ip.address = getOption("blpLoginIP", NULL), con = defaultConnection(),
default = TRUE)uuid |
An optional character variable with a unique user id
token. If this is missing the function will attempt to connect
to B-PIPE or SAPI using the connection. It is assumed that an
app_name was set. See |
host |
An optional character variable with a hostname. This is
the hostname of the machine where the user last authenticated.
Either host or ip.address should be provided for user/uuid
authentication. Note this is likely not the same 'host' used in
|
ip.address |
An optional character variable with an IP address
for authentication. Usually the IP address where the uuid/user
last logged into the Bloomberg Terminal appication. Defaults to
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con |
A connection object as created by a |
default |
A logical indicating whether this authentication should
be saved as the default, as opposed to returned to the
user. Default to |
In the default=TRUE case nothing is returned, and
this authentication is automatically used for all future calls which
omit the identity argument. Otherwise an authentication object is
returned which is required by all the accessor functions in the
package. (e.g. bdp() bds() getPortfolio()
Whit Armstrong and Dirk Eddelbuettel
## Not run:
blpConnect(host=blpHost, port=blpPort)
blpAuthenticate(uuid=blpUUID, ip=blpIP_address)
bdp("IBM US Equity", "NAME")
blpid <- blpAuthenticate(uuid=blpUUID, ip=blpIP_address)
bdp("IBM US Equity", "NAME", identity=blpid)
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