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Help Needed: I cannot get my fetch_csv to work. Stumped.

Hi Best and Brightest,

My very simple and straight forward fetch_csv does not work. I've check encoding, tested it with another file which works, compared it 1000 times, yet, I get a weird error on load. The error I get is:

MultipleSymbolsFound: Multiple symbols with the name 'A' found. Use the
as_of_date' argument to to specify when the date symbol-lookup
should be valid.
Possible options: [Equity(1225226617897805 [A]), Equity(24757 [A]), Equity(1216409268279878 [A]), Equity(1181121446956622 [A]), Equity(1204288701478740 [A])]

The code I use:

def initialize(context):  
    # set_symbol_lookup_date('2018-05-01')  
    file_url = 'https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQ2wjr1uvpYxGZssaBFmpFripOXUIWD357hGCKLP0hd0eZRDOUkRH9c5_Dck4FuUs2SoteIbFUtjbsK/pub?gid=1510738953&single=true&output=csv'  
    fetch_csv(file_url,  
          date_column='date',  
          date_format='%Y-%m-%d',  
          mask=False,  
          timezone='EST'  
          )

def before_trading_start(context, data):  
    pass

def handle_data(context, data):  
    pass  
2 responses

Hi Luc,

Sorry for the trouble. That's an issue on our end that we'll have to fix. In the meantime, have you tried using the Self-Serve Data feature? It's a much better tool for uploading data to Quantopian. Self-Serve data can be used in Pipelines and in the contest.

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Thanks Jamie for the reply. Yep, I'll use the self-serve feature.

Thanks again.

/Luc