Python BzTCP

This package provides a pure-Python implementation of the Benzinga TCP protcol.

Features

• Compatible with Python 2.6+ and Python 3.
• No external dependencies.
• Supports large messages.

Getting Started

To install the library, invoke setup.py as usual:

python setup.py install

To test the Python client, you can run the package's built-in demo by running the module directly. In Python 3 and 2.7+:

python -m bztcp USERNAME KEY

In Python 2.6 and under, you will need the following:

python -m bztcp.__main__ USERNAME KEY

Versions 2.5 and under are untested, but should be possible to support without drastic modifications. Please contact support if you are encountering errors you believe to be related to Python version.

Usage

The bulk of the work is done by the bztcp.client.Client class. To get an idea of how to use it, you can check out the demo client at bztcp/__main__.py. Here's a similar example that prints out titles as they come in:

from __future__ import print_function
from bztcp.client import Client

client = Client(username='USERNAME', key='APIKEY')
for content in client.content_items():
    title = content.get('title', None)
    print(title)