Programmatically getting meta data

niskrev

Is there a way to programmatically get the description of an instrument from the Eikon Data API with Python. For example, in the case of .V2TX to return something like "EURO STOXX 50 VOLATILITY PRICE INDEX". With DatastreamDSWS this can be done using the "NAME" field in the get_data function.

zoya faberov

Hello @niskrev,

Try

ek.get_data(".V2TX","TR.InstrumentDescription")

We can further research the available content within Eikon->Data Item Browser, by searching for the likely data, for the given example we tried searching within DIB for "description", and examining it's current value of the field: