OpenBB-finance/OpenBB · error · OpenBBError

\n".join(messages)

Error message

\n".join(messages)

What it means

Finviz key metrics fetcher aggregates per-symbol failures: when every requested symbol produced an entry in `messages` (per-symbol errors/warnings collected in get_one) and no results came back, it raises OpenBBError joining all messages with newlines. The joined text identifies which symbols failed and why (usually 'No data found for SYMBOL').

Source

Thrown at openbb_platform/providers/finviz/openbb_finviz/models/key_metrics.py:281

                        float(str(fundament.get("Dividend %", None)).replace("%", ""))
                        / 100
                        if fundament.get("Dividend %", "-") != "-"
                        else None
                    ),
                }
            )

            return result

        symbols = query.symbol.split(",")

        for symbol in symbols:
            result = get_one(symbol)
            if result is not None and result:
                results.append(result)

        if not results and messages:
            raise OpenBBError("\n".join(messages))

        if not results and not messages:
            raise EmptyDataError("No data was returned for any symbol")

        if results and messages:
            for message in messages:
                warn(message)

        return results

    @staticmethod
    def transform_data(
        query: FinvizKeyMetricsQueryParams,
        data: list[dict],
        **kwargs: Any,
    ) -> list[FinvizKeyMetricsData]:
        """Transform and validate the raw data."""
        return [FinvizKeyMetricsData.model_validate(d) for d in data]

View on GitHub (pinned to 3e071fcc2c)

Solutions

  1. Read the joined messages: each line names the failing symbol and reason
  2. Retry with only the symbols that are valid Finviz tickers
  3. Split the batch and process per symbol, skipping failures, if partial data is acceptable

Example fix

# before
res = await obb.equity.fundamental.metrics(provider="finviz", symbol="ZZZZ,YYYY")
# OpenBBError: No data found for ZZZZ\nNo data found for YYYY

# after
res = await obb.equity.fundamental.metrics(provider="finviz", symbol="AAPL,MSFT")
Defensive patterns

Strategy: try-catch

Validate before calling

def split_symbols(raw: str) -> list[str]:
    return [s.strip() for s in raw.split(",") if s.strip()]

symbols = split_symbols(query_symbol)
assert symbols, "symbol list empty"

Try / catch

from openbb_core.app.model.obb_error import OpenBBError

try:
    results = await FinvizKeyMetricsFetcher.transform_query(...)
except OpenBBError as e:
    failed = [ln for ln in str(e).splitlines() if "No data" in ln]
    # drop the named symbols and retry the remainder

Prevention

When it happens

Trigger: Passing a comma-separated symbol list where every ticker fails on Finviz (invalid, delisted, or no metrics row); upstream HTTP errors for each symbol captured into messages.

Common situations: Batch metric pulls over a dirty ticker universe; symbols with exchange-specific spellings Finviz does not accept.

Related errors

AI-assisted analysis of OpenBB-finance/OpenBB@3e071fcc2c (2026-08-14). Data as JSON: /api/errors/705c5aed47b32327. Report an issue: GitHub.