vwd group TBm XML Data Service

TBXDS/3 Developers Reference Documentation

vwd group documentation 2012/04/16

Author

Ruben Prins

Abstract

This document describes the vwd group TBm XML Data Service (TBXDS) version 3.5.

Contents

• Introduction
• General Information
  • How the TBXDS Engine Works
  • Authentication: How Do I Tell Who I Am
  • How to Create an XML Request Manually
  • How to Interpret a Response
    • MetaData
    • Sectors and Organisations
    • Exchange Rates: Stock, Index and Quote
    • News
  • Examples
    • An Example Using ISIN Codes
    • Common XPath expressions
    • Simple Perl request
    • Simple PHP request
    • Example of a Request (VB)Script
• Advanced Information
  • Data Stripping: How the TBXDS Engine Compacts Your Data
  • Last Published Ids
  • What Not To Do
  • Programming
• TBXDS Element Reference
  • General Data Types
  • TBXDS Responses: the TBMData Structure
  • TBXDS Requests: the TBMDataRequest Structure
  • Trappable Events
  • Sector codes
  • Known Collections
  • Supported Ticker Codes
  • Version Differences
    • Changed Element Names
    • Changed Attribute Names
    • Other Changes
    • Differences between TBXDS 1.0 and TBXDS/3 Compatibility Mode 1.1
    • Differences between TBXDS/3 and TBXDS/2
    • General compatibilty information
• Frequently Asked Questions
  • What's New?
  • What steps do I need to take to use TBXDS?
  • Why does the order of a collection's issues change?
  • I don't want organisation information. How do I turn it off?
  • The TBXDS seems slow. How can I speed things up?
  • Could you give me some hints for a schedule program? We don't have enough time to experiment much.
  • Our server uses an old version of MSXML. Will this be a problem?
• References
  • Online