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(This article was first published on <strong><a href="http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2018/01/22#rblpapi_0.3.8"> Thinking inside the box </a></strong>, and kindly contributed to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-bloggers.com/">R-bloggers)</a> </div>
<p>Another <a rel="nofollow" href="http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/code/rblpapi.html" target="_blank">Rblpapi</a> release, now at version 0.3.8, arrived on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://cran.r-project.org/" target="_blank">CRAN</a> yesterday. <a rel="nofollow" href="http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/code/rblpapi.html" target="_blank">Rblpapi</a> provides a direct interface between <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.r-project.org/" target="_blank">R</a> and the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomberg_Terminal" target="_blank">Bloomberg Terminal</a> via the C++ API provided by <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.bloomberglabs.com/api/" target="_blank">Bloomberg Labs</a> (but note that a valid Bloomberg license and installation is required).</p>
<p>This is the eight release since the package first appeared on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://cran.r-project.org/" target="_blank">CRAN</a> in 2016. This release wraps up a few smaller documentation and setup changes, but also includes an improvement to the (less frequently-used) subscription mode which Whit cooked up on the weekend. Details below:</p>
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<h4>Changes in Rblpapi version 0.3.8 (2018-01-20)</h4>
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<p>The 140 day limit for intra-day data histories is now mentioned in the <code>getTicks</code> help (Dirk in <a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi/pull/226" target="_blank">#226</a> addressing <a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues/215" target="_blank">#215</a> and <a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues/225" target="_blank">#225</a>).</p>
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<p>The Travis CI script was updated to use <code>run.sh</code> (Dirk in <a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi/pull/226" target="_blank">#226</a>).</p>
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<p>The <code>install_name_tool</code> invocation under macOS was corrected (<span>@spennihana</span> in <a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi/issues/232" target="_blank">#232</a>)</p>
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<p>The <code>blpAuthenticate</code> help page has additional examples (<span>@randomee</span> in <a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi/pull/252" target="_blank">#252</a>).</p>
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<p>The <code>blpAuthenticate</code> code was updated and improved (Whit in <a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi/pull/258" target="_blank">#258</a> addressing <a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi/pull/257" target="_blank">#257</a>)</p>
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<p>The jump in version number was an oversight; this should have been 0.3.7.</p>
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<p>And only while typing up these notes do I realize that I fat-fingered the version number. This should have been 0.3.7. Oh well.</p>
<p>Courtesy of <a rel="nofollow" href="http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/cranberries/" target="_blank">CRANberries</a>, there is also a diffstat report for the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/cranberries/2018/01/21#Rblpapi_0.3.8" target="_blank">this release</a>. As always, more detailed information is on the <a rel="nofollow" href="http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/code/rblpapi.html" target="_blank">Rblpapi</a> page. Questions, comments etc should go to the issue tickets system at the <a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/Rblp/Rblpapi" target="_blank">GitHub repo</a>.</p>
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This post by <a rel="nofollow" href="http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/" target="_blank">Dirk Eddelbuettel</a> originated on his <a rel="nofollow" href="http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/" target="_blank">Thinking inside the box</a> blog. Please report excessive re-aggregation in third-party for-profit settings.</p>
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