Use Websocket API or Webhook delivery.

If your news integration requires the TCP service, we highly recommend using our Python TCP client or our Go TCP client.

​
Line Endings

All lines endings will be in the expected format:

=BZEOT\r\n

​
Commands

All commands that return or send data will include a colon (:) and possible whitespace ( ) between the command and the data.

Note: A single whitespace was required and will now be deprecated.

​
Connection

All clients are given a username and key to connect with. Only one connection is allowed from a username/key at any given time.

Once connected, the server will reply with READY

on READY, send an AUTH token in the form:

AUTH: {
  "username": "<username>"
  "key": 1234567890
}

The server will reply CONNECTED, if the connection is valid, otherwise disconnect.

​
Example:

SERVER> READY=BZEOT\r\n
    
    CLIENT> AUTH: {"username": "username", "key": "1234567890"}=BZEOT\r\n
    
    SERVER> CONNECTED=BZEOT\r\n

​
No Authentication Received

Clients will receive the following disconnect message if no authentication message is received:

Goodbye=BZEOT\r\n

​
Failed Authentication

Clients failing authentication will receive the following message(s):

INVALID KEY=BZEOT\r\n
INVALID KEY FORMAT=BZEOT\r\n

​
Multiple Connections

If multiple connections are needed in your environment, please contact us.

Multiple connections with the same Username/Key will result in a disconnect:

DUPLICATE CONNECTION=BZEOT\r\n

​
Keep Alive

​
Client Initiated

After successful connection, a client should send a keep alive by sending PING: along with the pingTime in JSON format. The pingTime will be returned in the response by the server, along with the server time in UTC. The pingTime may be in any string or numeric format and in only used as the response token.

​
Example

CLIENT> PING: {"pingTime": "VALUE"}=BZEOT\r\n
    
    SERVER> PONG: {"serverTime":"Thu Sep 20 2012 01:02:51 GMT+0000 (UTC)", "pingTime":"VALUE"}=BZEOT\r\n

​
Data

Once connected, article Data will be streamed in JSON format. The following data will be available:

​
Example

STREAM: {
  "id": 1234567,                                          // Unique ID of Story
  "title": "TITLE OF STORY",                              // TITLE of Article
  "body": "BODY OF STORY",                                // Body of Article
  "status": "Published",                                  // Published or Removed
  "published": "Thu Aug 09 2012 19:41:09 GMT+0000 (UTC)", // Published Date, GMT
  "updated": "Thu Jan 01 1970 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (UTC)",   // Revision Date, GMT
  "link": "http://www.benzinga.com/link/to/story",        // Link to Article
  "channels": [                                           // Array of Channels
    "CHANNEL A",
    "CHANNEL B"
  ],
  "tickers": ["A", "B", "C"]                              // Array of Tickers
  "authors": [                                            // Array of content Authors (only avaliable if enabled by admin)
    {"name": "Tyler Martin"}
  ]
}=BZEOT\r\n

​
Example (with extended tickers)

STREAM: {
  "id": 1234567,                                          // Unique ID of Story
  "title": "TITLE OF STORY",                              // Title of Article
  "body": "BODY OF STORY",                                // Body of Article
  "status": "Published",                                  // Published or Removed
  "published": "Thu Aug 09 2012 19:41:09 GMT+0000 (UTC)", // Published Date, GMT
  "updated": "Thu Jan 01 1970 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (UTC)",   // Revision Date, GMT
  "link": "http://www.benzinga.com/link/to/story",        // Link to the Article
  "channels": [                                           // Array of Channels
    "CHANNEL A"
    "CHANNEL B"
  ],
  "tickers": [                                            // Array of Tickers
    {
      "name": "F",                                        // Ticker Symbol
      "primary": 1,                                       // Denotes Primary Status (0, 1)
      "sentiment": false                                  // Sentiment (-3 to 3) if available
    }
  ],
  "authors": [                                            // Array of content Authors (only avaliable if enabled by admin)
    {"name": "Tyler Martin"}
  ]
}=BZEOT\r\n

​
Data Field Definitions

id
integer

Primary Key and Unique ID of the Story

title
string

max-length: 255 chars. Title of the Article

body
string

max-length: Unlimited / Varying. Body of the Article. The length may be limited, per client setup. Body format may be in HTML or RichText per client setup.

published
string

This is the published date of the article. Date will be in GMT. Example: Thu Aug 09 2012 19:41:09 GMT+0000 (UTC)

updated
string

This the updated timestamp of the article. This may be updated for a number of reasons that may or may not be apparent to the client. Stories will be pushed on all updates. Date will be in GMT.

  • example: “Thu Jan 01 1970 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (UTC)”
status
string

This is the status of an article. A status of either Published or Removed will be included with the article. Article updates would only be indicated through a pushed and a client checking the difference in updated times.

  • example: Published or Removed
link
string

Link to publicly available story on Benzinga.com. This field will indicate NULL if a link is not available.

channels
array

The Benzinga Channels or categories an article appears in. This array may be blank if no channels exist.

example: ["News" , "Markets" ]

tickers
array

Array of symbols. This field will be an array of symbol objects if extended tickers is turned on

  • items:
    • type: string
    • description: Ticker symbol
    • example: tickers: ["F", "GM"]
tickers(extended)
array

Array of symbol objects.

  • items:
    • type: object
    • properties:
      • name:
        • type: string
        • description: Ticker symbol
      • primary:
        • type: integer
        • format: boolean
        • description: 1 if primary 0 if not
      • sentiment:
        • type: integer or boolean
        • description: Sentiment for this symbol as a result of this story (if available). -3 to 3 scale. FALSE if not available.
        • example: tickers: [ { "name": "F", "primary": 1, "sentiment": 1 } ]
authors
array

Array of author objects. Author has a Name field which is a string containing the name of that author. This field is optional and is only available if enabled by an admin

  • example: [{"Name": "Tyler Martin"}]

Was this page helpful?