LSEG Data Library for Python

Question

My client has a below question, can you please advise? they are customer managed account and the user has acess to our desktop platform.

I’m trying to access lseg data through the Platform (so that I don’t need to be logged into workspace) and having some issues. I was reading this page Quick Start | Devportal and says I might need to reach out to get credentials. I had been using my lseg username/password and my appkey I had received late last year. Are you able to see if they are different/if I need anything additional?

raksina.samasiri · Answer

Hi @Nitti ,

As mentioned by Jirapongse, the Desktop session and Platform session are using different account/license.

So, if user wants to connect with Platform access point, they need to have a valid Data Platform account to use it. If they have only Workspace credential, they can use it with the Desktop access point, as mentioned in the quick start guide that when accessing content from the desktop, you should have already obtained a valid desktop login. Therefore, you need no additional login credentials. As long as you have LSEG's Workspace Desktop App opened on the machine on which you code, you can authenticate yourself to LSEG's services with the simple Python line:

import lseg.data as ld
ld.open_session()

Jirapongse · Answer

For a desktop session, the Workspace application must be running on the same machine as the Python code.

Nitti · Answer

thank you, client is using below, it says workspace desktop is enough , any

Quick Start | Devportal

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