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?