OpenBB/openbb_platform

OpenBB Platform

OpenBB is committed to build the future of investment research by focusing on an open source infrastructure accessible to everyone, everywhere.
Check our website at openbb.co

Overview

The OpenBB Platform provides a convenient way to access raw financial data from multiple data providers. The package comes with a ready to use REST API - this allows developers from any language to easily create applications on top of OpenBB Platform.

Please find the complete documentation at docs.openbb.co.

Installation

The command below provides access to the core functionalities behind the OpenBB Platform.

pip install openbb

This will install the following data providers:

These packages are what will be installed when pip install openbb is run

Extension Name	Description	Installation Command	Minimum Subscription Type Required
openbb-benzinga	Benzinga data connector	pip install openbb-benzinga	Paid
openbb-bls	Bureau of Labor Statistics data connector	pip install openbb-bls	Free
openbb-cftc	Commodity Futures Trading Commission data connector	pip install openbb-cftc	Free
openbb-econdb	EconDB data connector	pip install openbb-econdb	None
openbb-imf	IMF data connector	pip install openbb-imf	None
openbb-fmp	FMP data connector	pip install openbb-fmp	Free
openbb-fred	FRED data connector	pip install openbb-fred	Free
openbb-intrinio	Intrinio data connector	pip install openbb-intrinio	Paid
openbb-oecd	OECD data connector	pip install openbb-oecd	Free
openbb-polygon	Polygon data connector	pip install openbb-polygon	Free
openbb-sec	SEC data connector	pip install openbb-sec	None
openbb-tiingo	Tiingo data connector	pip install openbb-tiingo	Free
openbb-tradingeconomics	TradingEconomics data connector	pip install openbb-tradingeconomics	Paid
openbb-yfinance	Yahoo Finance data connector	pip install openbb-yfinance	None

Community Providers

These packages are not installed when pip install openbb is run. They are available for installation separately or by running pip install openbb[all]

Extension Name	Description	Installation Command	Minimum Subscription Type Required
openbb-alpha-vantage	Alpha Vantage data connector	pip install openbb-alpha-vantage	Free
openbb-biztoc	Biztoc News data connector	pip install openbb-biztoc	Free
openbb-cboe	Cboe data connector	pip install openbb-cboe	None
openbb-ecb	ECB data connector	pip install openbb-ecb	None
openbb-federal-reserve	Federal Reserve data connector	pip install openbb-federal-reserve	None
openbb-finra	FINRA data connector	pip install openbb-finra	None / Free
openbb-finviz	Finviz data connector	pip install openbb-finviz	None
openbb-government-us	US Government data connector	pip install openbb-us-government	None
openbb-nasdaq	Nasdaq Data Link connector	pip install openbb-nasdaq	None / Free
openbb-seeking-alpha	Seeking Alpha data connector	pip install openbb-seeking-alpha	None
openbb-stockgrid	Stockgrid data connector	pip install openbb-stockgrid	None
openbb-tmx	TMX data connector	pip install openbb-tmx	None
openbb-tradier	Tradier data connector	pip install openbb-tradier	None
openbb-wsj	Wall Street Journal data connector	pip install openbb-wsj	None
To install extensions that expand the core functionalities specify the extension name or use all to install all.

# Install a single extension, e.g. openbb-charting and yahoo finance
pip install openbb[charting]
pip install openbb-yfinance

Alternatively, you can install all extensions at once.

pip install openbb[all]

Note: These instruction are specific to v4. For installation instructions and documentation for v3 go to our website.

Python

>>> from openbb import obb
>>> output = obb.equity.price.historical("AAPL")
>>> df = output.to_dataframe()
>>> df.head()
              open    high     low  ...  change_percent             label  change_over_time
date                                ...
2022-09-19  149.31  154.56  149.10  ...         3.46000  September 19, 22          0.034600
2022-09-20  153.40  158.08  153.08  ...         2.28000  September 20, 22          0.022800
2022-09-21  157.34  158.74  153.60  ...        -2.30000  September 21, 22         -0.023000
2022-09-22  152.38  154.47  150.91  ...         0.23625  September 22, 22          0.002363
2022-09-23  151.19  151.47  148.56  ...        -0.50268  September 23, 22         -0.005027

[5 rows x 12 columns]

API keys

To fully leverage the OpenBB Platform you need to get some API keys to connect with data providers. Here are the 3 options on where to set them:

1. OpenBB Hub
2. Runtime
3. Local file

1. OpenBB Hub

Set your keys at OpenBB Hub and get your personal access token from https://my.openbb.co/app/platform/pat to connect with your account.

>>> from openbb import obb
>>> openbb.account.login(pat="OPENBB_PAT")

>>> # Persist changes in OpenBB Hub
>>> obb.account.save()

2. Runtime

>>> from openbb import obb
>>> obb.user.credentials.fmp_api_key = "REPLACE_ME"
>>> obb.user.credentials.polygon_api_key = "REPLACE_ME"

>>> # Persist changes in ~/.openbb_platform/user_settings.json
>>> obb.account.save()

3. Local file

You can specify the keys directly in the ~/.openbb_platform/user_settings.json file.

Populate this file with the following template and replace the values with your keys:

{
  "credentials": {
    "fmp_api_key": "REPLACE_ME",
    "polygon_api_key": "REPLACE_ME",
    "benzinga_api_key": "REPLACE_ME",
    "fred_api_key": "REPLACE_ME"
  }
}

REST API

The OpenBB Platform comes with a ready to use REST API built with FastAPI. Start the application using this command:

uvicorn openbb_core.api.rest_api:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --reload

API documentation is found under "/docs", from the root of the server address, and is viewable in any browser supporting HTTP over localhost, such as Chrome.

Check openbb-core README for additional info.

Install for development

To develop the OpenBB Platform you need to have the following:

• Git
• Python 3.9 or higher
• Virtual Environment with poetry installed
  • To install these packages activate your virtual environment and run pip install poetry toml

How to install the platform in editable mode?

1. Activate your virtual environment
2. Navigate into the openbb_platform folder
3. Run python dev_install.py to install the packages in editable mode