Connecting to EIKON from Python in WSL (Windows subsystem linux)

john.lupton
john.lupton
in Eikon Data APIs

Hi

I have eikon installed ok on my Windows 10 machine and can connect just fine with python scripts/jupyter etc.

I also use Windows Subsystem Linux but can not connect from python in the WSL shell (Ubuntu-20.04, version 2)

Call in python:

    ek.set_app_key('83xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxb')

and the error thrown is:

(-1, 'Port number was not identified. Check if Eikon Desktop or Eikon API Proxy is running.')

I cant find any documentation to indicate how i can tell python eikon calls where to look for eikon server.

Would be grateful if anyone can help - thanks

Windows version:

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  • jason.ramchandani01
    jason.ramchandani01
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    @john.lupton Eikon needs to be running on the same physical machine as the environment calling it. We don't have an Eikon version for linux so I don't know how it could access the proxy inside the Eikon instance. WSL is a VM so it won't work in this configuration. I hope this can help.

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  • john.lupton
    john.lupton

    Thanks for the reply Jason, I’m new to the product and so I’m just finding my way here and appreciate you taking the time to illuminate things.



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