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Bloomberg

A Kafka Connector source connector to subscribe to Bloomberg feeds and source via the Bloomberg labs open API data and write to Kafka.

Requires a Bloomberg BPIPE subscription.

KCQL support 

KCQL is not supported.

Quickstart 

Launch the stack 


  1. Copy the docker-compose file.
  2. Bring up the stack.
docker-compose up -d fastdata

Start the connector 

If you are using Lenses, login into Lenses and navigate to the connectors page , select Bloomberg as the source and paste the following:

name=bloomberg
connector.class=com.datamountaineer.streamreactor.connect.bloomberg.BloombergSourceConnector
connect.bloomberg.server.host=localhost
connect.bloomberg.server.port=8194
connect.bloomberg.service.uri=//blp/mkdata
connect.bloomberg.subscriptions=AAPL US Equity:LAST_PRICE,BID,ASK;IBM US Equity:BID,ASK,HIGH,LOW,OPEN
connect.bloomberg.authentication.mode=USER_AND_APPLICATION
connect.bloomberg.authentication.mode=bloomberg
connect.bloomberg.buffer.size=4096
connect.bloomberg.payload.type=avro
connect.bloomberg.kafka.topic=bloomberg

To start the connector without using Lenses, log into the fastdatadev container:


export CONNECTOR=bloomberg
docker exec -ti fastdata /bin/bash

and create a connector.properties file containing the properties above.

Create the connector, with the connect-cli :

connect-cli create bloomberg < connector.properties

Wait a for the connector to start and check its running:

connect-cli status bloomberg

Check for records in Kafka 

Check the records in Lenses or with via the console:

kafka-avro-console-consumer \
    --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 \
    --topic bloomberg \
    --from-beginning

Clean up 

Bring down the stack:

docker-compose down

Options 

NameDescriptionTypeDefault Value
connect.bloomberg.server.hostThe hostname running the bloomberg servicestring
connect.bloomberg.server.portThe port on which the bloomberg service runs (8124-is the default)int
connect.bloomberg.service.uriThe Bloomberg service type: Market Data(//blp/mktdata);Message scrape(//blp/msgscrape)string
connect.bloomberg.authentication.modeOptional parameter setting how the authentication should be done. It can be APPLICATION_ONLY or USER_AND_APPLICATION. Follow the Bloomberg API documentation for how to configure thisstring
connect.bloomberg.buffer.sizeSpecifies how big is the queue to hold the updates received from Bloomberg. If the buffer is fullit won’t accept new items until it is drained.int
connect.bloomberg.service.authorizationDoes this service need authorization? true in normal case, false if running in simulatorExample: turefalseboolean
connect.progress.enabledEnables the output for how many records have been processedbooleanfalse
connect.bloomberg.subscriptionsProvides the list of securities and the fields to subscribe to. Example: “AAPL US Equity:LAST_PRICE,BID,ASK;IBM US Equity:BID,ASK,HIGH,LOW,OPEN”string
connect.bloomberg.kafka.topicThe name of the kafka topic on which the data from Bloomberg will be sent.string
connect.bloomberg.payload.typeSpecifies the way the information is serialized and sent over kafka. There are two modes supported: json(default) and avro.string