I did not mean to leave out the error message, it was very long. I think the package has been removed.
Anyways, it's here: >>> quotes = quotes_historical_yahoo_ochl('APX', start, ... ) ------------------------------ TypeError: quotes_historical_yahoo_ochl() missing 1 required positional argument: 'date2' --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TypeError Traceback (most recent call last) <ipython-input-725-467118fe2a8b> in <module>() ----> 1 quotes = quotes_historical_yahoo_ochl('APX', start, 2 ) TypeError: quotes_historical_yahoo_ochl() missing 1 required positional argument: 'date2' ------------------------------ ------------------------------ >>> ------------------------------ >>> quotes = quotes_historical_yahoo_ochl('APX', start, today) ------------------------------ URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- gaierror Traceback (most recent call last) /Users/anaconda/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py in do_open(self, http_class, req, **http_conn_args) 1317 h.request(req.get_method(), req.selector, req.data, headers, -> 1318 encode_chunked=req.has_header('Transfer-encoding')) 1319 except OSError as err: # timeout error /Users/anaconda/lib/python3.6/http/client.py in request(self, method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked) 1238 """Send a complete request to the server.""" -> 1239 self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked) 1240 /Users/anaconda/lib/python3.6/http/client.py in _send_request(self, method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked) 1284 body = _encode(body, 'body') -> 1285 self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked) 1286 /Users/anaconda/lib/python3.6/http/client.py in endheaders(self, message_body, encode_chunked) 1233 raise CannotSendHeader() -> 1234 self. _send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked) 1235 /Users/anaconda/lib/python3.6/http/client.py in _send_output(self, message_body, encode_chunked) 1025 del self._buffer[:] -> 1026 self.send(msg ) 1027 /Users/anaconda/lib/python3.6/http/client.py in send(self, data) 963 if self .auto_open: --> 964 self.connect() 965 else: /Users/anaconda/lib/python3.6/http/client.py in connect(self) 935 self.sock = self._create_connection( --> 936 (self.host,self.port), self.timeout, self.source_address) 937 self.sock.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_TCP, socket. TCP_NODELAY, 1) /Users/anaconda/lib/python3.6/socket.py in create_connection(address, timeout, source_address) 703 err = None --> 704 for res in getaddrinfo(host, port, 0, SOCK_STREAM): 705 af, socktype, proto, canonname, sa = res /Users/anaconda/lib/python3.6/socket.py in getaddrinfo(host, port, family, type, proto, flags) 742 addrlist = [] --> 743 for res in _socket.getaddrinfo (host, port, family, type, proto, flags): 744 af, socktype, proto, canonname , sa = res gaierror: [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred: URLError Traceback (most recent call last) <ipython-input-727-df8864d6e732> in <module>() ----> 1 quotes = quotes_historical_yahoo_ochl('APX', start, today) /Users/anaconda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/matplotlib/finance.py in quotes_historical_yahoo_ochl(ticker, date1, date2, asobject, adjusted, cachename) 411 return _quotes_historical_yahoo(ticker, date1, date2, asobject=asobject, 412 adjusted=adjusted, cachename=cachename, --> 413 ochl=True) 414 415 /Users/anaconda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/matplotlib/finance.py in _quotes_historical_yahoo(ticker, date1, date2, asobject, adjusted, cachename, ochl) 501 # warnings.warn("Recommend changing to asobject=None") 502 --> 503 fh = fetch_historical_yahoo(ticker, date1, date2, cachename) 504 505 try: /Users/anaconda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/matplotlib/finance.py in fetch_historical_yahoo(ticker, date1, date2, cachename, dividends) 360 else: 361 mkdirs(os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(cachename))) --> 362 with contextlib.closing(urlopen(url)) as urlfh: 363 with open(cachename, 'wb') as fh: 364 fh.write(urlfh.read()) /Users/anaconda/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py in urlopen(url, data, timeout, cafile, capath, cadefault, context) 221 else: 222 opener = _opener --> 223 return opener.open(url, data, timeout) 224 225 def install_opener(opener ): /Users/anaconda/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py in open(self, fullurl, data, timeout) 524 req = meth(req) 525 --> 526 response = self._open(req, data) 527 528 # post-process response /Users/anaconda/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py in _open(self, req, data) 542 protocol = req.type 543 result = self._call_chain(self.handle_open, protocol, protocol + --> 544 '_open', req) 545 if result: 546 return result /Users/anaconda/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py in _call_chain(self, chain, kind, meth_name, *args) 502 for handler in handlers: 503 func = getattr( handler, meth_name) --> 504 result = func(*args) 505 if result is not None: 506 return result /Users/anaconda/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py in http_open(self, req) 1344 1345 def http_open(self, req): -> 1346 return self.do_open(http.client. HTTPConnection, req) 1347 1348 http_request = AbstractHTTPHandler. do_request_ /Users/anaconda/lib/python3.6/urllib/request.py in do_open(self, http_class, req, **http_conn_args) 1318 encode_chunked=req.has_header('Transfer-encoding')) 1319 except OSError as err: # timeout error -> 1320 raise URLError(err) 1321 r = h.getresponse() 1322 except: URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 6:01 AM, Sydney Shall <s.sh...@virginmedia.com> wrote: > On 24/08/2017 18:46, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote: > >> On 24/08/17 14:51, C W wrote: >> >> I have the following code, I get an error at the first line. >>> >> >> So don't make us guess. What is the error(full text please)? >> >> from matplotlib.finance import quotes_historical_yahoo_ochl >>> >> >> And what does a dir() show for matplotlib.finance? >> Are you sure the name is spelled right etc? >> >> I have heard this package is either upgraded or replaced. If so, what do >>> you recommend? >>> >> >> Contact its author perhaps? >> >> > > Is this the answer, perhaps. > > >>>import matplotlib > > >>>dir(matplotlib.finance) > >>>Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "<ipython-input-2-87d00fcbe86c>", line 1, in <module> > dir(matplotlib.finance) > > AttributeError: module 'matplotlib' has no attribute 'finance' > > Thanks to Alan G? for his excellent teaching. > > -- > Sydney > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor