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Is it possible to get real time news headlines into Excel?

Using the various APIs, is it possible to get real time news headlines in Excel or in R or into Python?

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Streaming/ Real-time updates aren't yet available in Eikon DAPI (soon to come), but you can request the most recent news headlines on a topic/company....

headlines = ek.get_news_headlines('MSFT.O',10)

headlines

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Hi @pwb83

Please read this quick start guide to setup Python environment and API installation.

Then you can read this guide to get new headlines / story using Eikon Data API on Python.

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thanks guys!

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