OpenBB-finance/OpenBB · error · OpenBBError

Invalid industry '{v}'. Available industries are: {', '.join

Error message

Invalid industry '{v}'. Available industries are:
{', '.join(INDUSTRY_MAP)}

What it means

Finviz equity screener query params validator rejects the `industry` field when the value is not a key of INDUSTRY_MAP. The message lists all valid industry names. It fires during pydantic validation, before any HTTP request, so no API quota is consumed.

Source

Thrown at openbb_platform/providers/finviz/openbb_finviz/models/equity_screener.py:140

        description=QUERY_DESCRIPTIONS.get("limit", ""),
    )

    @field_validator("signal", mode="before", check_fields=False)
    @classmethod
    def validate_signal(cls, v):
        """Validate the signal."""
        if v is not None and v not in SIGNALS:
            raise OpenBBError(
                f"Invalid signal '{v}'. Available signals are:\n{SIGNALS_DESC_STR}"
            )
        return v if v else None

    @field_validator("industry", mode="before", check_fields=False)
    @classmethod
    def validate_industry(cls, v):
        """Validate the industry."""
        if v is not None and v not in INDUSTRY_MAP:
            raise OpenBBError(
                f"Invalid industry '{v}'. Available industries are:\n{', '.join(INDUSTRY_MAP)}"
            )
        return v if v else None

    @field_validator("preset", mode="before", check_fields=False)
    @classmethod
    def validate_preset(cls, v):
        """Check to reject running template file."""
        if v is not None and v == "screener_template":
            raise OpenBBError(
                f"Invalid preset '{v}'. Please rename the file to use as a preset."
            )
        return v if v else None

    @field_validator("filters_dict", mode="before", check_fields=False)
    @classmethod
    def validate_filters_dict(cls, v):
        """Validate the filters_dict."""

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Solutions

Pick the exact industry name from the INDUSTRY_MAP list printed in the error
Validate against openbb_finviz INDUSTRY_MAP programmatically before constructing the query
Fuzzy-match user input to the closest key when accepting free-form input

Example fix

# before
q = FinvizEquityScreenerQueryParams(industry="Tech")  # not in INDUSTRY_MAP

# after
from openbb_finviz.utils.reference_data import INDUSTRY_MAP  # dict name->no
match = [k for k in INDUSTRY_MAP if "software" in k.lower()]
q = FinvizEquityScreenerQueryParams(industry=match[0])

Defensive patterns

Strategy: validation

Validate before calling

from openbb_finviz.utils.reference_data import INDUSTRY_MAP

if industry is not None and industry not in INDUSTRY_MAP:
    candidates = [k for k in INDUSTRY_MAP if industry.lower() in k.lower()]
    industry = candidates[0] if len(candidates) == 1 else None
assert industry is None or industry in INDUSTRY_MAP

Type guard

def is_valid_industry(v: str | None) -> bool:
    return v is None or v in INDUSTRY_MAP

Try / catch

from openbb_core.app.model.obb_error import OpenBBError

try:
    q = FinvizEquityScreenerQueryParams(industry=industry)
except OpenBBError as e:
    raise ValueError(f"Fix industry selection: {e}") from e

Prevention

Use Finviz's granular industry names, not GICS/Yahoo sectors
Populate dropdowns from INDUSTRY_MAP so users cannot type invalid values
Re-validate stored industry strings after upgrading the provider

When it happens

Trigger: Passing industry='Technology' (not a valid Finviz industry name; Finviz uses granular names like 'Software - Application'); mismatched casing/punctuation; industries renamed between finvizfinance versions.

Common situations: Users assuming GICS or Yahoo sector/industry vocabulary; hard-coded industry strings that broke when the Finviz taxonomy changed; copy-paste from the Finviz UI that introduces trailing spaces.

Related errors

AI-assisted analysis of OpenBB-finance/OpenBB@3e071fcc2c (2026-08-14). Data as JSON: /api/errors/918b20c45de82061. Report an issue: GitHub.