Refinitiv Data Python Cookbook

Importing the library

The Refinitiv Data Library for Python is distributed as a Python package named refinitiv-data. To use it, you must first import it into your script.

The import style recommended by Refinitiv is to import it with the alias of rd. Here’s how to do it:

import refinitiv.data as rd

Note

This approach follows a convention popularized by the pandas data analysis toolkit. It is intended to make your code quicker to type and easier to read.