Python blpapi install

Question

I am trying to install blpapi on python using anaconda.

After all the prerequisites prepared, on my cmd screen, I typed

python setup.py install 

and installed the package.

The last line shows

running install_egg_info
Writing C:\ProgramData\Anaconda2\Lib\site-packages\blpapi-3.5.5-py2.7.egg-info

It seems that it is installed successfully.

After that, on Spyder(Anaconda) I typed in import blpapi , but shows that there is no such module.

What is the next step that I should do?

Answer 1

Just go to the bloomberg api site and download the automatic install package with the right version

It is solved. Seems just installing though cmd is not working properly.

Answer 2

I did 2 things to solve an issue similar to that: In my case, I had the same error no such module . I encountered this problem because I didn't have the required C++ compiler installed. So,

1- I installed Microsoft Visual Studio with the following components

• C++/CLI Support
• VC++ 2015.3 v14.00 (v140) toolset for desktop
• Visual C++ MFC for x86 and x64
• Visual C++ ATL for x86 and x64

This step may be useful because you may not have C++ compiler, too. You may have Microsoft Visual C++ 14.xx Redistributable or any other version on your computer but it is different from "VC++ 2015.3 v14.00" which comes with Visual Studio.

2- I manually copied the .dll files in C++API\\lib (blpapi3_32.dll and blpapi3_64.dll in my case) into C:\\windows\\system32 where all the dll files that system uses. Also, I copied the dll files in C++API\\lib into C:\\blp\\DAPI, replacing the new ones with the old ones.

Although it doesn't seem too related to your question, I felt the need to write down the second step here because it was the next error I got just after I solved no such module . Keep it in your mind if you get another error after.