How to get RIC for a specific market using SEDOL in API

MarkJoseph.Canada · 2025-03-24T22:06:49+00:00

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Using the API, I would like to return the RIC for a specific market given a SEDOL. For instance, if I look up BP6MXD8, it returns SHEL.L, but I am looking for SHELl.BS.

rdp.get_data(['BP6MXD8','0989529','0144403','0540528','B10RZP7'], ["TR.ExchangeMarketIdCode",'TR.RICCode'])

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raksina.samasiri

Hi @MarkJoseph.Canada ,

I'd like to update to the latest version of the data library, https://developers.lseg.com/en/api-catalog/lseg-data-platform/lseg-data-library-for-python

With this library, the code below can be used to convert symbology

import lseg.data as ld

from lseg.data.discovery import (

    convert_symbols,

    SymbolTypes,

)


ld.open_session()


response = convert_symbols(

    symbols=['BP6MXD8','0989529','0144403','0540528','B10RZP7'], 

    from_symbol_type=SymbolTypes.SEDOL

)

response

I'm retrieving all symbols of these RICs and "SHELl.BS" have no SEDOL symbol returned as below.

response = convert_symbols(

    symbols=['SHELl.BS', 'SHEL.L'],

    from_symbol_type=SymbolTypes.RIC

)

response

However, RIC "SHELl.BS" is from exchange BATS TRADING EUROPE

So I've tried the workaround using search function with ticker symbol starts with ticker symbol mapped with the SEDOL and got the result as below, is this what you're looking for?

ld.discovery.search(

	view = ld.discovery.Views.EQUITY_QUOTES,

	top = 10,

	filter = "(AssetState ne 'DC' and SearchAllCategoryv2 eq 'Equities' and (ExchangeName xeq 'BATS TRADING EUROPE' and (TickerSymbol in 'SHEL*')))",

	select = "ExchangeName,RIC,,SEDOL,TickerSymbol"

)

raksina.samasiri

Here's the full code for the workaround

import lseg.data as ld

from lseg.data.discovery import (

    convert_symbols,

    SymbolTypes,

)


ld.open_session()



# get result of convert_symbols
response = convert_symbols(

    symbols=['BP6MXD8','0989529','0144403','0540528','B10RZP7'], 

    from_symbol_type=SymbolTypes.SEDOL

)


# convert ticker symbol in result to list and use it to make the filter string
tickers = response['TickerSymbol'].to_list()

filter_ticker = ''

for ticker in tickers:

    if ticker == tickers[len(tickers)-1]:

        filter_ticker += f"TickerSymbol eq '{ticker}*'"

    else:

        filter_ticker += f"TickerSymbol eq '{ticker}*' or "

# use search function
ld.discovery.search(

	view = ld.discovery.Views.EQUITY_QUOTES,

	top = 10,

	filter = f"(AssetState ne 'DC' and SearchAllCategoryv2 eq 'Equities' and (ExchangeName xeq 'BATS TRADING EUROPE' and ({filter_ticker})))",

	select = "ExchangeName,RIC,,SEDOL,TickerSymbol"

)

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