Refinitiv Data Library for Python

session.open

This method opens the session and connects your application to the data platform.

Module

refinitiv.data.session

Syntax

session.open()

Parameters

None.

Returned value

None

Usage

The following example demonstrates how to open a session and check the session state to ensure that it opened successfully.

import refinitiv.data as rd

DESKTOP_APP_KEY = os.getenv("DESKTOP_APP_KEY")
session = rd.session.desktop.Definition(app_key=DESKTOP_APP_KEY).get_session()
rd.session.set_default(session)

# open session
session.open()

# check the open state
session.open_state  # returns OpenState.Opened

None.