How to connect to Eikon via python from MS power-bi?

calice.l

Hi,

I am trying to connect to Eikon via python from MS power-bi.

Power bi has a connector for python. If I use following script (which works in jupyter):

import eikon as ek

import pandas as dp

ek.set_app_key('########################################')

df, err = ek.get_data(['PEUP.PA','EUR=','JPY='], ['BID','ASK'])

df

power-bi gives following error message:

Details: "ADO.NET: Python script error.

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "PythonScriptWrapper.PY", line 10, in <module>

import eikon as dp

File "C:\Users\ \Anaconda3\envs\refinitiv\lib\site-packages\eikon\__init__.py", line 12, in <module>

from .Profile import *

File "C:\Users\ \Anaconda3\envs\refinitiv\lib\site-packages\eikon\Profile.py", line 17, in <module>

from .streaming_session import DesktopSession

File "C:\Users\ \Anaconda3\envs\refinitiv\lib\site-packages\eikon\streaming_session\__init__.py", line 3, in <module>

from .session import *

File "C:\Users\ \Anaconda3\envs\refinitiv\lib\site-packages\eikon\streaming_session\session.py", line 8, in <module>

import httpx

File "C:\Users\ \Anaconda3\envs\refinitiv\lib\site-packages\httpx\__init__.py", line 2, in <module>

from ._api import delete, get, head, options, patch, post, put, request, stream

File "C:\Users\ \Anaconda3\envs\refinitiv\lib\site-packages\httpx\_api.py", line 3, in <module>

from ._client import Client, StreamContextManager

File "C:\Users\ \Anaconda3\envs\refinitiv\lib\site-packages\httpx\_client.py", line 5, in <module>

import httpcore

File "C:\Users\ \Anaconda3\envs\refinitiv\lib\site-packages\httpcore\__init__.py", line 2, in <module>

from ._async.connection_pool import AsyncConnectionPool

File "C:\Users\ \Anaconda3\envs\refinitiv\lib\site-packages\httpcore\_async\connection_pool.py", line 2, in <module>

from ssl import SSLContext

File "C:\Users\ \Anaconda3\envs\refinitiv\lib\ssl.py", line 98, in <module>

import _ssl # if we can't import it, let the error propagate

ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _ssl: Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht gefunden.

"

Why is it not working?

Many thanks in advance

Ludwig

Alex Putkov.1

@calice.l

This error is not related to any Refinitiv software. To verify, you can replace your code with a single line

import _ssl

My expectation is that with the above line of code you will reproduce the same error. Or more precisely the last part of it: "ImportError: DLL load failed while importing _ssl: Das angegebene Modul wurde nicht gefunden".

The error is related to the setup of your Python environment. There may be numerous reasons for the root cause. Here's a link to a thread on Stackoverflow, which may be useful.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54175042/python-3-7-anaconda-environment-import-ssl-dll-load-fail-error

The reason why it works in Jupyter and not in Power BI must be that your Jupyter and Power BI utilize different Python environments.