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How to access Python Eikon API without Eikon Desktop Application

Hi, how do I make use of the Eikon API via Python without running an instance of the Eikon Desktop application?

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Hello @wesley.ng

The Eikon Data API needs the Eikon/Workspace Desktop application as the API proxy interface between the API and the Eikon Platform. For this reason, the Eikon/Workspace application must be running when you use the Eikon Data API Python library.

Alternatively, the Eikon and Workspace applications have a web version that can run the cloud-hosted JupyterLab app named "CodeBook". It means you can open the Eikon/Workspace web access on your browser, then run the CodeBook app in the same browser to use the Eikon Data API and access Eikon content.

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You can find more detail on the Use Eikon Data API or RDP Library in Python in CodeBook on Web Browser article.


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