The FactSet News API provides access to FactSet’s news alongside business logic that allows users to replicate views and functionality consistent with the experience provided by the Workstation. This API provides the ability to create views and pull news headlines based on specific filters. There are the filters available for News:
Watchlists/Indices/Tickers
Sources
Company Filters
Market Topics
Countries
Regions
This Python package is automatically generated by the OpenAPI Generator project:
For more information, please visit https://developer.factset.com/contact
poetry add fds.sdk.utils fds.sdk.FactSetNews==1.0.0
pip install fds.sdk.utils fds.sdk.FactSetNews==1.0.0
Install and activate python 3.7+. If you're using pyenv:
pyenv install 3.9.7
pyenv shell 3.9.7
(optional) Install poetry.
[!IMPORTANT] The parameter variables defined below are just examples and may potentially contain non valid values. Please replace them with valid values.
from fds.sdk.utils.authentication import ConfidentialClient
import fds.sdk.FactSetNews
from fds.sdk.FactSetNews.api import filters_api
from fds.sdk.FactSetNews.models import *
from dateutil.parser import parse as dateutil_parser
from pprint import pprint
# See configuration.py for a list of all supported configuration parameters.
# Examples for each supported authentication method are below,
# choose one that satisfies your use case.
# (Preferred) OAuth 2.0: FactSetOAuth2
# See https://github.com/FactSet/enterprise-sdk#oauth-20
# for information on how to create the app-config.json file
#
# The confidential client instance should be reused in production environments.
# See https://github.com/FactSet/enterprise-sdk-utils-python#authentication
# for more information on using the ConfidentialClient class
configuration = fds.sdk.FactSetNews.Configuration(
fds_oauth_client=ConfidentialClient('/path/to/app-config.json')
)
# Basic authentication: FactSetApiKey
# See https://github.com/FactSet/enterprise-sdk#api-key
# for information how to create an API key
# configuration = fds.sdk.FactSetNews.Configuration(
# username='USERNAME-SERIAL',
# password='API-KEY'
# )
# Enter a context with an instance of the API client
with fds.sdk.FactSetNews.ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
# Create an instance of the API class
api_instance = filters_api.FiltersApi(api_client)
attributes = [
"structured",
] # [str] | Pass a list of filters to return the respective type of filter. Accepted list values are \"structured\" and/or \"flattened\". If no _attributes are specified, all filters will be returned in the response (this is the default response). (optional)
try:
# Retrieve all FactSet News filters
# example passing only required values which don't have defaults set
# and optional values
api_response = api_instance.get_filters(attributes=attributes)
pprint(api_response)
except fds.sdk.FactSetNews.ApiException as e:
print("Exception when calling FiltersApi->get_filters: %s\n" % e)
# # Get response, http status code and response headers
# try:
# # Retrieve all FactSet News filters
# api_response, http_status_code, response_headers = api_instance.get_filters_with_http_info(attributes=attributes)
# pprint(api_response)
# pprint(http_status_code)
# pprint(response_headers)
# except fds.sdk.FactSetNews.ApiException as e:
# print("Exception when calling FiltersApi->get_filters: %s\n" % e)
# # Get response asynchronous
# try:
# # Retrieve all FactSet News filters
# async_result = api_instance.get_filters_async(attributes=attributes)
# api_response = async_result.get()
# pprint(api_response)
# except fds.sdk.FactSetNews.ApiException as e:
# print("Exception when calling FiltersApi->get_filters: %s\n" % e)
# # Get response, http status code and response headers asynchronous
# try:
# # Retrieve all FactSet News filters
# async_result = api_instance.get_filters_with_http_info_async(attributes=attributes)
# api_response, http_status_code, response_headers = async_result.get()
# pprint(api_response)
# pprint(http_status_code)
# pprint(response_headers)
# except fds.sdk.FactSetNews.ApiException as e:
# print("Exception when calling FiltersApi->get_filters: %s\n" % e)
To convert an API response to a Pandas DataFrame, it is necessary to transform it first to a dictionary.
import pandas as pd
response_dict = api_response.to_dict()['data']
simple_json_response = pd.DataFrame(response_dict)
nested_json_response = pd.json_normalize(response_dict)
The SDK uses the standard library logging module.
Setting debug to True on an instance of the Configuration class sets the log-level of related packages to DEBUG
and enables additional logging in Pythons HTTP Client.
Note: This prints out sensitive information (e.g. the full request and response). Use with care.
import logging
import fds.sdk.FactSetNews
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
configuration = fds.sdk.FactSetNews.Configuration(...)
configuration.debug = True
You can pass proxy settings to the Configuration class:
proxy: The URL of the proxy to use.proxy_headers: a dictionary to pass additional headers to the proxy (e.g. Proxy-Authorization).import fds.sdk.FactSetNews
configuration = fds.sdk.FactSetNews.Configuration(
# ...
proxy="http://secret:password@localhost:5050",
proxy_headers={
"Custom-Proxy-Header": "Custom-Proxy-Header-Value"
}
)
TLS/SSL certificate verification can be configured with the following Configuration parameters:
ssl_ca_cert: a path to the certificate to use for verification in PEM format.verify_ssl: setting this to False disables the verification of certificates.
Disabling the verification is not recommended, but it might be useful during
local development or testing.import fds.sdk.FactSetNews
configuration = fds.sdk.FactSetNews.Configuration(
# ...
ssl_ca_cert='/path/to/ca.pem'
)
In case the request retry behaviour should be customized, it is possible to pass a urllib3.Retry object to the retry property of the Configuration.
from urllib3 import Retry
import fds.sdk.FactSetNews
configuration = fds.sdk.FactSetNews.Configuration(
# ...
)
configuration.retries = Retry(total=3, status_forcelist=[500, 502, 503, 504])
All URIs are relative to https://api.factset.com/content/news/v1
| Class | Method | HTTP request | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| FiltersApi | get_filters | GET /filters | Retrieve all FactSet News filters |
| FiltersApi | get_news_filters_categories | GET /filters/categories | Retrieve all News filter categories |
| FiltersApi | get_news_filters_countries | GET /filters/countries | Retrieve all News filter countries |
| FiltersApi | get_news_filters_regions | GET /filters/regions | Retrieve all News filter regions |
| FiltersApi | get_news_filters_sources | GET /filters/sources | Retrieve all News filter sources |
| FiltersApi | get_news_filters_topics | GET /filters/topics | Retrieve all News filter topics |
| FiltersApi | get_news_filters_watchlists | GET /filters/watchlists | Retrieve all News filter watchlists |
| HeadlinesApi | get_fact_set_news_headlines | POST /headlines | Retrieve FactSet News headlines for the given filters |
| HeadlinesApi | get_fact_set_news_headlines_by_view | POST /headlines/view | Retrieve FactSet News headlines for given view |
| ViewsApi | create_fact_set_news_view | POST /views/create | Creates and saves a FactSet News view |
| ViewsApi | create_quick_alert_for_view | POST /quick-alert/create | Creates a quick-alert for given saved view |
| ViewsApi | delete_quickalert_view | POST /quick-alert/delete | Deletes an existing quick alert for a view. |
| ViewsApi | delete_view | POST /views/delete | Deletes an existing App view |
| ViewsApi | edit_fact_set_news_view | POST /views/update | Edit an existing FactSet News view with filters specified |
| ViewsApi | get_fact_set_news_views | GET /views | Retrieves a list of search views created in News app |
If the OpenAPI document is large, imports in fds.sdk.FactSetNews.apis and fds.sdk.FactSetNews.models may fail with a RecursionError indicating the maximum recursion limit has been exceeded. In that case, there are a couple of solutions:
Solution 1: Use specific imports for apis and models like:
from fds.sdk.FactSetNews.api.default_api import DefaultApifrom fds.sdk.FactSetNews.model.pet import PetSolution 2: Before importing the package, adjust the maximum recursion limit as shown below:
import sys
sys.setrecursionlimit(1500)
import fds.sdk.FactSetNews
from fds.sdk.FactSetNews.apis import *
from fds.sdk.FactSetNews.models import *
Please refer to the contributing guide.
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FactSet News client library for Python
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