API to request for prices

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angelalock
angelalock Newcomer
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May I know what are the different APIs we can use to request for prices? Could we specify a particular exchange to request prices from?

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  • jason.ramchandani01
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    @angelalock Thanks for your question -for real-time streaming prices its best to use the RD Library open_pricing_stream function which uses the Refinitiv Data Platform - you can use these with a desktop session. For snapshot pricing you can use the get_data function. For historical pricing ie timeseries - you can use the get_history function which also uses the Refinitiv Data Platform - again you can use these with a desktop session.

    If you launch the CODEBK app in Eikon you can see examples of both these API calls. See image below:

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    when requesting prices from a particular exchange you do this with RIC selection. So for example to get a snapshot of Vodafone in Johannesburg and London you can request:

    rd.get_data(['VODJ.J', 'VOD.L'])

    I hope this can help.

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