Clarification on Differences Between eikon and refinitiv-data Libraries

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Ziye
Ziye Newcomer
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I have a question regarding the appropriate usage of the eikon and refinitiv-data Python libraries for retrieving company metadata based on RICs. 

Previously, I have used the eikon package as follows to retrieve metadata fields such as "TR.RIC", "TR.ExchangeName", "TR.ExchangeTicker", "CURRENCY", "TR.ISIN", and "TR.CUSIP": 

import eikon as ek 

ek.set_app_key("...") 

df, err = ek.get_data(ric_list, fields) 

However, I have recently tested the newer refinitiv-data package and found that the following also returns valid metadata for the same RICs: 

import refinitiv.data as rd 

rd.open_session() 

df = rd.get_data(universe=ric_list, fields=fields) 

Could you please clarify: 

If I use the same RICs and fields, will the data returned by the eikon library and the refinitiv.data library be exactly the same?

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