Connect to LSEG / Refinitiv Data via JSON

Establishes a connection to the LSEG Workspace Data API proxy. When called with no arguments the terminal's built-in DEFAULT_WORKSPACE_APP_KEY is used automatically.

Usage

RDConnect(application_id = NA, PythonModule = "JSON", UUID = NA)

RDPConnect(application_id = NA, PythonModule = "JSON", UUID = NA)

Arguments

application_id: Optional application key. When NA (the default) the function checks the credential vault, then falls back to "DEFAULT_WORKSPACE_APP_KEY".
PythonModule: Deprecated. Ignored; JSON is always used.
UUID: Optional character for custom instruments.

Value

A RefinitivConnection object (also cached as the default singleton for subsequent API calls).

Details

This is functionally equivalent to EikonConnect(). For most workflows you do not need to call either — API functions default to rd_connection().

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Zero-argument connection (recommended):
rd <- RDConnect()

# Explicit key:
rd <- RDConnect(application_id = "your key")
} # }
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
rd <- RDPConnect()
} # }