There is now way to access Datastream from R at this time. It used to be accessible through a free interface called zappy (XML). But Datastream discontinued it.
Matlab has an API to Datastream, but you have to pay a fee to Datastream for it. http://www.mathworks.com/help/toolbox/datafeed/datastream.fetch.html The last time I spoke to my Datastream rep., there was no plan to offer 1) a free API and 2) a way to connect through R. This is why I try to work as much as possible using the Bloomberg API (through RBloomberg). For Datastream data, I have several Excel request tables that I update with the "AFO Index.xlsx" file at night. Everything runs automatically using Scheduler (Windows program). My R programs then read the excel data through read.xlsx. Pierre Lapointe Global Macro Strategist Brockhouse Cooper On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Hixon, Scott R. <[email protected]> wrote: > Datastream does indeed still exist as a product. However, to my > knowledge there is not a way to directly access it using R. > > > > ________________________________________ > > Scott Hixon, CFA > > Head of Investment Research > > Portfolio Manager > > Global Asset Allocation > > > > 404.439.3123 direct > > 404.892.0896 main > > 404.439.4918 facsimile > > [email protected] > > > > Invesco Global Strategies > > Two Peachtree Pointe > > 1555 Peachtree Street, NE > > Atlanta, Georgia 30309 > > > > > > > > **************************************************************** > Confidentiality Note: The information contained in this ...{{dropped:12}} > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-finance > -- Subscriber-posting only. If you want to post, subscribe first. > -- Also note that this is not the r-help list where general R questions > should go. > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-finance -- Subscriber-posting only. If you want to post, subscribe first. -- Also note that this is not the r-help list where general R questions should go.
