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I am trying to get the historical price data of a company (APPLE in this case) using pandas datareader in python using data_source as Yahoo.
This worked perfectly until just a few days ago (July 2021). I am not sure if Yahoo has discontinued their API again or is it just me.
import pandas_datareader as wb
data = wb.DataReader('AAPL', data_source='yahoo', start='2019-9-1')
print(data)
Here's the error I get:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:/Users/Allwin/Documents/GitHub/Dynamic_Programming/Apna Col/scratchBook.py", line 4, in <module>
data = wb.DataReader('AAPL', data_source='yahoo', start='2019-9-1')
File "C:\Users\Allwin\anaconda3\envs\Complete_FinAnalysis\lib\site-packages\pandas\util\_decorators.py", line 199, in wrapper
return func(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Allwin\anaconda3\envs\Complete_FinAnalysis\lib\site-packages\pandas_datareader\data.py", line 376, in DataReader
return YahooDailyReader(
File "C:\Users\Allwin\anaconda3\envs\Complete_FinAnalysis\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:\Users\Allwin\anaconda3\envs\Complete_FinAnalysis\lib\site-packages\pandas_datareader\yahoo\daily.py", line 153, in _read_one_data
resp = self._get_response(url, params=params)
File "C:\Users\Allwin\anaconda3\envs\Complete_FinAnalysis\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=1567299600&period2=1625273999&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 <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>'
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asked Oct 16 '25 15:10
I had the same error.
I upgraded pandas-datareader from 0.9.0 to 0.10.0. I also upgraded pandas from 1.1.1 to 1.3.0.
The error then disappeared. I do not know which one really solved the issue.
One possible way to upgrade is typing: pip install --upgrade pandas-datareader.
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I have the same issue. Looks like Yahoo website is working but maybe they changed the format. I was able to navigate to the url generated by pandas datareader and find I can manually download the data.
Update:
If you read the error message.. at the end it says:
<!-- status code : 404 -->\n <!-- Not Found on Server -->\n <table>\n <tbody><tr>\n <td>\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>So, I assume it is a temporal yahoo issue.
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answered Oct 18 '25 06:10
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