What will we cover?
If you use get_data_yahoo from Pandas Datareader and it suddenly stopped working, then we will look at how to fix.
UPDATE: We will also cover a FIX of the current issue in 2023
Current 2023 ISSUE and FIX
If you get an error that ends with.
TypeError: string indices must be integers
You get that because there has been breaking changes at Yahoo! Finance.
An easy workaround is as follows.
Install yfinance.
pip install yfinance
Then this code will work.
import pandas_datareader.data as pdr
import yfinance as yf
yf.pdr_override()
from datetime import datetime
data = pdr.get_data_yahoo('^GSPC', datetime(1970, 1, 1))
The above code should work.
Below you have the full error trace.
TypeError Traceback (most recent call last)
/var/folders/5f/vgbh9pkd4wzf4ysrpf9wsr800000gn/T/ipykernel_82918/2899696086.py in <module>
----> 1 data = pdr.get_data_yahoo('AAPL', datetime(2022, 1, 1))
~/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas_datareader/data.py in get_data_yahoo(*args, **kwargs)
78
79 def get_data_yahoo(*args, **kwargs):
---> 80 return YahooDailyReader(*args, **kwargs).read()
81
82
~/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas_datareader/base.py in read(self)
251 # If a single symbol, (e.g., 'GOOG')
252 if isinstance(self.symbols, (string_types, int)):
--> 253 df = self._read_one_data(self.url, params=self._get_params(self.symbols))
254 # Or multiple symbols, (e.g., ['GOOG', 'AAPL', 'MSFT'])
255 elif isinstance(self.symbols, DataFrame):
~/opt/anaconda3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pandas_datareader/yahoo/daily.py in _read_one_data(self, url, params)
151 try:
152 j = json.loads(re.search(ptrn, resp.text, re.DOTALL).group(1))
--> 153 data = j["context"]["dispatcher"]["stores"]["HistoricalPriceStore"]
154 except KeyError:
155 msg = "No data fetched for symbol {} using {}"
TypeError: string indices must be integers
The Error and Problem (old problem)
Consider this code.
import pandas_datareader as pdr
from datetime import datetime
data = pdr.get_data_yahoo('^GSPC', datetime(1970, 1, 1))
It has been working up until now. But suddenly it writes.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/rune/PycharmProjects/TEST/test_yahoo.py", line 4, in <module>
data = pdr.get_data_yahoo('^GSPC', datetime(1970, 1, 1))
File "/Users/rune/PycharmProjects/TEST/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pandas_datareader/data.py", line 86, in get_data_yahoo
return YahooDailyReader(*args, **kwargs).read()
File "/Users/rune/PycharmProjects/TEST/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pandas_datareader/base.py", line 253, in read
df = self._read_one_data(self.url, params=self._get_params(self.symbols))
File "/Users/rune/PycharmProjects/TEST/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pandas_datareader/yahoo/daily.py", line 153, in _read_one_data
resp = self._get_response(url, params=params)
File "/Users/rune/PycharmProjects/TEST/venv/lib/python3.8/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/^GSPC/history?period1=10800&period2=1627523999&interval=1d&frequency=1d&filter=history
Response Text:
b'<!DOCTYPE html>\n <html lang="en-us"><head>\n <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">\n <meta charset="utf-8">\n <title>Yahoo</title>\n <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1,minimal-ui">\n <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">\n <style>\n html {\n height: 100%;\n }\n body {\n background: #fafafc url(https://s.yimg.com/nn/img/sad-panda-201402200631.png) 50% 50%;\n background-size: cover;\n height: 100%;\n text-align: center;\n font: 300 18px "helvetica neue", helvetica, verdana, tahoma, arial, sans-serif;\n }\n table {\n height: 100%;\n width: 100%;\n table-layout: fixed;\n border-collapse: collapse;\n border-spacing: 0;\n border: none;\n }\n h1 {\n font-size: 42px;\n font-weight: 400;\n color: #400090;\n }\n p {\n color: #1A1A1A;\n }\n #message-1 {\n font-weight: bold;\n margin: 0;\n }\n #message-2 {\n display: inline-block;\n *display: inline;\n zoom: 1;\n max-width: 17em;\n _width: 17em;\n }\n </style>\n <script>\n document.write(\'<img src="//geo.yahoo.com/b?s=1197757129&t=\'+new Date().getTime()+\'&src=aws&err_url=\'+encodeURIComponent(document.URL)+\'&err=%<pssc>&test=\'+encodeURIComponent(\'%<{Bucket}cqh[:200]>\')+\'" width="0px" height="0px"/>\');var beacon = new Image();beacon.src="//bcn.fp.yahoo.com/p?s=1197757129&t="+new Date().getTime()+"&src=aws&err_url="+encodeURIComponent(document.URL)+"&err=%<pssc>&test="+encodeURIComponent(\'%<{Bucket}cqh[:200]>\');\n </script>\n </head>\n <body>\n <!-- status code : 404 -->\n <!-- Not Found on Server -->\n <table>\n <tbody><tr>\n <td>\n <img src="https://s.yimg.com/rz/p/yahoo_frontpage_en-US_s_f_p_205x58_frontpage.png" alt="Yahoo Logo">\n <h1 style="margin-top:20px;">Will be right back...</h1>\n <p id="message-1">Thank you for your patience.</p>\n <p id="message-2">Our engineers are working quickly to resolve the issue.</p>\n </td>\n </tr>\n </tbody></table>\n </body></html>'
What to do?
The fix (old fix)
There has been a breaking change and you need to update your Pandas Datareader.
You can upgrade to the newest version as follows.
pip install --upgrade pandas-datareader
It should update it to version 0.10.0 or later.
Then the code should work again.
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While using my python script that uses pandas-DataReader v10 & pandas v1.3.3 get_data_yahoo(), when it first starts off it will show the last 5 days correctly because I am tailing this for the last 5 days, then after about a minute or two it changes to what you see below, I am using python 3.7.10 The date moves back 2 weeks and the volume from the last 4 days is off a lot, the current day is always correct ok
I run my script on linux using the “watch -n1
Code below
—————————————–
def get_data(tickers):
df = pdr.get_data_yahoo(tickers)
return df
for df in tickers:
df = get_data(df) # this function retrieve’s stock information from yahoo finance
df = pd.DataFrame(df.Close)
print(df.tail(5)
——————————————–
#1 — works correctly Close
Date Close
2021-08-15 11.2500
2021-09-16 9.9600
2021-09-17 11.0600
2021-09-20 11.7300
2021-09-21 13.7001
#2 — doesn’t work correctly Close
Date Close
2021-08-31 5.9600
2021-09-01 7.4000
2021-09-02 6.4900
2021-09-03 6.7000
2021-09-21 13.7001
how can anyone help me
Hi Frank,
It looks like you have a list of Tickers you iterate over. You get the data for all of the and print the last retrieved data.
The line taking Close in a DataFrame is maybe not needed?
What is the goal here? For each iteration see the last five days of the specific ticket?
If you share the list of tickers you are looking at and the full code I can take a look at it.
Please share a bit more what you want to achieve. Iterate over a list of tickers and print last five trading days?
I am getting information for one stock and that is the closing price and volume and I am using pandas-datareader get_data_yahoo() function, when I first run the stock one time it looks like the first photo, but what I am doing is using the “watch -n1 ” to get updates every 1 to 5 seconds so I get live updates, but after some time the data coming back goes back to September 09 2021 – August 31, 2021 like the second photo and the volume numbers don’t make any sense they are going into the billions, I have tried everything, different version of python3 + different versions of pip3 and pandas and pandas-datareader, the question is why does it keep going back to the last two weeks and why is my volume messed up, except for the current day., it only took 6 minutes for it to change to photo two
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Yh7kCXUJQWq1UXKx8
I think this will do what you want:
import pandas_datareader as pdr
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
while True:
df = pdr.get_data_yahoo('AAPL', datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(days=7))
print(df)
Doesn’t work.
Unable to read URL: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/AAPL/history?interval=1d&filter=history&frequency=1d&period2=1643885999&period1=1643256960
Hi Bob,
Just make sure we have installed in the right environment.
Try to execute:
import pandas_datareader as pdrprint(pdr.__version__)
It should output: 0.10.0
If not, it is not installed (upgraded) in the right environment.
What environment are you using?
I am using Python 2.7 because it is what the author of an instruction video to scrape finance data from yahoo uses but I guess I’m gonna have to upgrade to Python 3 because I only have pandas 0.8.1.
Then you need to update your pandas-datareader.
Are you running the code from a command line or use a IDE like PyCharm?
I am using Spyder. I tried updating pandas but it said I already had the latest version so I guess 0.8.1 is the latest version for Python 2.7.
Ah yes – you need to update the pandas-datareader – see the command how to upgrade in the text above.
Hi, how can I check the version of pandas-datareader? I am using Anaconda distribution. After struggling for hours, I finally figured out how to install pandas-datareader (need to use conda install -c anaconda pandas-datareader in Anaconda Prompt).
However I still get the “Unable to read URL” error. I tried to check the datareader version using “print(dpr.__version__) but it says that there is no attribute ‘__version__’. Please help.
Hi Alex,
If you run this:
import pandas_datareader as pdr
pdr.__version__
In a cell and it does give you no attribute error, then you can run the following in a cell:
!pip freezeThen you need to find the line with
pandas-datareader==0.10.0
It is ordered, so you should be able to locate it. (my output gives it for version 0.10.0, your’s might be different).
Hello Rune, I’m unable to get multiple tickers. It keeps giving me this error
ValueError Traceback (most recent call last)
/tmp/ipykernel_67023/2049989489.py in
2 start = dt.datetime(2022, 1, 1)
3
—-> 4 data = pdr.get_data_yahoo(tickers, start)
/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pandas_datareader/data.py in get_data_yahoo(*args, **kwargs)
78
79 def get_data_yahoo(*args, **kwargs):
—> 80 return YahooDailyReader(*args, **kwargs).read()
81
82
/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pandas_datareader/base.py in read(self)
256 df = self._dl_mult_symbols(self.symbols.index)
257 else:
–> 258 df = self._dl_mult_symbols(self.symbols)
259 return df
260
/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pandas_datareader/base.py in _dl_mult_symbols(self, symbols)
283 stocks[sym] = df_na
284 if PANDAS_0230:
–> 285 result = concat(stocks, sort=True).unstack(level=0)
286 else:
287 result = concat(stocks).unstack(level=0)
/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pandas/core/frame.py in unstack(self, level, fill_value)
8411 from pandas.core.reshape.reshape import unstack
8412
-> 8413 result = unstack(self, level, fill_value)
8414
8415 return result.__finalize__(self, method=”unstack”)
/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pandas/core/reshape/reshape.py in unstack(obj, level, fill_value)
476 if isinstance(obj, DataFrame):
477 if isinstance(obj.index, MultiIndex):
–> 478 return _unstack_frame(obj, level, fill_value=fill_value)
479 else:
480 return obj.T.stack(dropna=False)
/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pandas/core/reshape/reshape.py in _unstack_frame(obj, level, fill_value)
499 def _unstack_frame(obj, level, fill_value=None):
500 if not obj._can_fast_transpose:
–> 501 unstacker = _Unstacker(obj.index, level=level)
502 mgr = obj._mgr.unstack(unstacker, fill_value=fill_value)
503 return obj._constructor(mgr)
/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pandas/core/reshape/reshape.py in __init__(self, index, level, constructor)
138 )
139
–> 140 self._make_selectors()
141
142 @cache_readonly
/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/pandas/core/reshape/reshape.py in _make_selectors(self)
190
191 if mask.sum() 192 raise ValueError(“Index contains duplicate entries, cannot reshape”)
193
194 self.group_index = comp_index
ValueError: Index contains duplicate entries, cannot reshape
Hi,
Can you please share the tickers (how it is defined).
i have the same error :
ticker = [‘AAPL’]
start = dt.datetime(2020, 1, 1)
data = pdr.get_data_yahoo(ticker, start)
print(data)
ValueError: Index contains duplicate entries, cannot reshape
It should work.
Make sure you have the right formatting.
import pandas_datareader as pdrimport datetime as dt
ticker = ["AAPL"]
start = dt.datetime(2020, 1, 1)
data = pdr.get_data_yahoo(ticker, start)
print(data)
If this does not work – make sure you have the right version of pandas datareader.
Hi Rune , i have the same problem
tickers = [‘AAPL’ ‘MSFT’]
start = dt.datetime(2020, 1, 1)
data = pdr.get_data_yahoo(tickers, start)
print(data)
i i insert tickers ‘ValueError: Index contains duplicate entries, cannot reshape?
but if in tickers i insert ‘GBPUSD=X’, ‘EURGBP=X’ this is ok
See the other reply.
The following code was working until a Yesterday:
from pandas_datareader import data as pdr
stockticker = pdr.get_data_yahoo(‘GOOG’, ‘2022-12-19’)
Now errors out for the past two days with:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “USP.py”, line 77, in
stockticker = pdr.get_data_yahoo(‘GOOG’, ‘2022-12-19’)
File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pandas_datareader/data.py”, line 80, in get_data_yahoo
return YahooDailyReader(*args, **kwargs).read()
File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pandas_datareader/base.py”, line 253, in read
df = self._read_one_data(self.url, params=self._get_params(self.symbols))
File “/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pandas_datareader/yahoo/daily.py”, line 153, in _read_one_data
data = j[“context”][“dispatcher”][“stores”][“HistoricalPriceStore”]
TypeError: string indices must be integers, not ‘str’
Was and still running pandas-datareader v0.10.0 (latest version available) and Python v3.11 (upgraded to v3.11.1, same issue)
Thoughts?
Thanks!
Interesting. It looks like Yahoo changed the response (again).
See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74832296/typeerror-string-indices-must-be-integers-when-getting-data-of-a-stock-from-y