I am getting a HTTP error 400 on tq_get() from Yahoo

[sunnyc7]

Error:

tq_get("AAPL")
[1] NA
Warning message:
x = 'AAPL', get = 'stock.prices': Error: AAPL download failed after two attempts. Error message:
HTTP error 400.

Also, when I try to use Quandl, I am getting an API Error.

R> tq_get(tick, get = "quandl", from = from)
[1] NA
Warning message:
x = 'AAPL', get = 'quandl': Error: {"quandl_error":{"code":"QECx05","message":"The url you requested is incorrect. Please use the following url instead: /api/v3/datasets/:database_code/:dataset_code."}}

my Options:

R> tq_get_options()
[1] "stock.prices"       "stock.prices.japan" "financials"         "key.stats"          "key.ratios"         "dividends"     [7] "splits"             "economic.data"      "exchange.rates"     "metal.prices"       "quandl"             "quandl.datatable"  

Did something break with the tq API ?

[sunnyc7]

QuantMod Yahoo downloader is broken.
joshuaulrich/quantmod#202

[mdancho84]

Yeah, this looks like more Yahoo fun! Yahoo is terrible.

As a workaround please install the development version using devtools::install_github("business-science/tidyquant") and use tq_get("AAPL", get = "stock.prices.google")

or

tq_get("AAPL", get = "alphavanteger") with the API key setup first (av_api_key()).

[sunnyc7]

@mdancho84 Thanks for that 👍
This works

devtools::install_github("business-science/tidyquant") 
library("tidyquant")
tq_get("AAPL", get = "stock.prices.google")

[mdancho84]

Yahoo seems to be working now.

[sunnyc7]

Would it be a good idea to see if the API is working before calling tq_get() ?