I think you may have misinterpreted. You _should_ call blpConnect, and you only need to do it once. You don't need to call blpAuthenticate. A very short script might look like this:
require(Rblpapi) blpConnect() bdp("USDCAD Curncy","PX_LAST") -John On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 9:45 AM, Will Oswald <will.osw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks all. I hadn’t thought of ignoring the blpConnect & blpAuthenticate > calls altogether and, using the bdp function to test things out (passing > blpConnect() as the final parameter), I had no issues whatsoever with > retrieving data. > > On 22 Jan 2016, at 8:11 PM, John Laing <john.la...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Will, > > There are a few things causing you problems here. First, the real answer > for you: > > If you're running the usual setup, where both R and Bloomberg are local to > your desktop, you don't need to use blpAuthenticate at all. Because you're > connecting through your own terminal your API connection will inherit all > of your settings. This function exists for use with Server API, in which > many users connect through a single headless process. > > And additional detail on the side-issues: > * Don't worry about the defaultConnection() function. It is just a > shortcut for managing a single connection (the most common use case) rather > than having to pass the connection object into every. single. function. > call. It is not exported from the package, which is why you can't find it. > * Because of the above, you don't need to fiddle with the con argument in > general. Your trouble with blpAuthenticate is coming from the > host/ip.address arguments. To the extent you need to use this (and you > probably don't), you should use the IP address associated with your > computer. > > Hope that helps, > -John > > On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 5:17 AM, Will Oswald <will.osw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Thanks Nick. I tried that option, but my processes just hang. >> >> On 22 Jan 2016, at 6:11 PM, Nick White <n-...@qtradr.net> wrote: >> >> Does it not work if you just enter: >> >> conn <-blpConnect() >> >> without more? >> >> That should usually be enough to get you up and running with the rest of >> the package unless you have some significantly different defaults >> >> The above assumes you're on a Win box, Bloomberg terminal is open on the >> same machine as your R instance (ie desktop API), you are logged in and you >> have no other issues connecting to the API (check if you can use the Excel >> API) >> >> On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 5:12 PM, Will Oswald <will.osw...@gmail.com >> <mailto:will.osw...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> I am unable to authenticate my Bloomberg data connection using the >> Rblpapi function, blpAuthenticate. I have used the following: uuid = Taken >> from the "IAM " screen, both as a character type as well as numeric host = >> Using "CONN ", I have chosen the host name listed "Adapter Info" tab >> ip.address = Again, from "CONN ", I have used the IP Address shown there >> (as a character). >> >> If I use the blpConnect function, as specified in help, I can connect but >> if I call the defaultConnection() function, I get an error stating this >> function cannot be found. If I alternatively call the blpConnect function >> in this call, the process just hangs and never completes. >> >> Any suggestions please on whether I have either set the parameters, or if >> there are other checks I need to make in order to connect? As a final note, >> I’m connecting to Bloomberg using Internet rather than a Private IP network >> (I’m running Bloomberg on a home computer). >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Finance@r-project.org <mailto:R-SIG-Finance@r-project.org> mailing >> list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-finance < >> 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. >> >> >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Finance@r-project.org 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. >> > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Finance@r-project.org 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.