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Eikon no longer connecting via Python - EikonError(-1, 'Port number was not identified. Check if Eikon Desktop or Eikon API Proxy is running.')

Hi, since a few days I cannot longer connect to reuters via the python interface: line 354, in check_profile raise EikonError(-1, 'Port number was not identified. Check if Eikon Desktop or Eikon API Proxy is running.') eikon.eikonError.EikonError: Error code -1 | Port number was not identified. Check if Eikon Desktop or Eikon API Proxy is running.

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Hi @KarenHazel,

Please refer to this similar post. You may need to update your Eikon Data API package.

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