I think yahoo has changed something and this throwing up the error. BUT if you cut the URL link, it actually works on the webpage, which means somehow data being throwback is not sitting pretty like before.
import ffn
returns = ffn.get('aapl,msft,c,gs,ge', start='2010-01-01').to_returns().dropna()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "", line 1, in
File "C:\Python39\lib\site-packages\decorator.py", line 232, in fun
return caller(func, *(extras + args), kw)
File "C:\Python39\lib\site-packages\ffn\utils.py", line 34, in _memoize
cache[key] = result = func(args, kw)
File "C:\Python39\lib\site-packages\ffn\data.py", line 76, in get
data[ticker] = provider(ticker=t, field=f, mrefresh=mrefresh, kwargs)
File "C:\Python39\lib\site-packages\decorator.py", line 232, in fun
return caller(func, (extras + args), kw)
File "C:\Python39\lib\site-packages\ffn\utils.py", line 34, in _memoize
cache[key] = result = func(*args, *kw)
File "C:\Python39\lib\site-packages\ffn\data.py", line 142, in yf
tmp = pdata.get_data_yahoo(ticker, start=start, end=end)
File "C:\Python39\lib\site-packages\pandas_datareader\data.py", line 86, in get_data_yahoo
return YahooDailyReader(args, *kwargs).read()
File "C:\Python39\lib\site-packages\pandas_datareader\base.py", line 253, in read
df = self._read_one_data(self.url, params=self._get_params(self.symbols))
File "C:\Python39\lib\site-packages\pandas_datareader\yahoo\daily.py", line 153, in _read_one_data
resp = self._get_response(url, params=params)
File "C:\Python39\lib\site-packages\pandas_datareader\base.py", line 181, in _get_response
raise RemoteDataError(msg)
pandas_datareader._utils.RemoteDataError: Unable to read URL: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/aapl/history?period1=1262278800&period2=1625507999&interval=1d&frequency=1d&filter=history
Response Text:
b'<!DOCTYPE html>\n \n \n \n Yahoo\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n
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Will be right back...
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Thank you for your patience.
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Our engineers are working quickly to resolve the issue.
timkpaine
commented
3 years ago
I think yahoo has changed something and this throwing up the error. BUT if you cut the URL link, it actually works on the webpage, which means somehow data being throwback is not sitting pretty like before.