The SDKs at https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/support/api-library/ allow you to connect to localhost 8194 to fetch data. Please correct if any of the following is incorrect: The use of the SDK requires the installation of a Terminal software on the PC where the program using the SDK is being run. The Terminal software creates an endpoint listening on port 8194 through which the data can be fetched.
Question: Is it possible for another computer in the local network to run the SDK and connect to the computer that hosts the Terminal service?
Does the Terminal service license support such use wherein the data leaves the PC and gets pulled to a different PC?
Regards
No, it is not technically possible to connect to another PC which is running the Terminal and even if you can get around this it is not allowed by the license. Data downloaded on a PC running the Terminal must stay on that PC.
Bloomberg offers 2 solutions which don't require the Terminal to run and do require authentication: Server API (SAPI) and B-PIPE. To clarify, because you're describing having to run the Terminal on the PC you're necessarily talking about Desktop API.