Possible disruption of FRED data
rsvp opened this issue · 1 comments
rsvp commented
Description of specific issue
As of 2018, FRED is making changes to their API which
may alter the URL scheme to retrieve datasets.
This would critically impact the function makeURL()
in module lib/yi_fred.py
- Bug -- NOT yet, old URL still operational
Expected behavior
Data in CSV format gets properly downloaded and processed by fecon235.
Observed behavior
Temporary disruption reported January 2018.
Additional helpful details for bugs
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URL problem is discussed in detail at pydata/pandas-datareader#435
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Alternative: https://research.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/fred/ but this requires an API key
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Problem started recently, but not in older versions
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Problem happens with all files, not only some files
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Problem can be reliably reproduced
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Problem happens randomly
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fecon235 version: v5.17.0722
rsvp commented
Non-problem resolved in v5.
Note future source code spin-off #9
to https://git.io/fecon236