OpenBB-finance/OpenBB · error · OpenBBError

No data found in the response.

Error message

No data found in the response.

What it means

Raised in `transform_data` of the chokepoint info model when the fetched payload is falsy or lacks a 'features' key. The ArcGIS GeoJSON contract puts records under `features`; its absence means the endpoint responded 200 but with an error object, an empty envelope, or a differently-shaped body — so the model refuses to iterate a missing key.

Source

Thrown at openbb_platform/providers/imf/openbb_imf/models/maritime_chokepoint_info.py:179

                url
            ) as response:
                if response.status != 200:
                    raise OpenBBError(f"Failed to fetch data: {response.status}")

                return await response.json()

        except Exception as e:
            raise OpenBBError(e) from e

    @staticmethod
    def transform_data(
        query: ImfMaritimeChokePointInfoQueryParams,
        data: dict,
        **kwargs: Any,
    ) -> list[ImfMaritimeChokePointInfoData]:
        """Transform the raw data into a list of ImfMaritimeChokePointInfoData."""
        if not data or "features" not in data:
            raise OpenBBError("No data found in the response.")

        return [
            ImfMaritimeChokePointInfoData(**feature["properties"])
            for feature in data["features"]
        ]

View on GitHub (pinned to 3e071fcc2c)

Solutions

1. Re-run the raw query manually and inspect the JSON body — an ArcGIS 'error' object usually names the real cause (bad layer, expired service).
2. Retry later if the body indicates a transient server error code.
3. Upgrade the openbb_imf provider if PortWatch changed its response shape and a newer provider handles it.

def is_chokepoint_geojson(payload) -> bool:
    return isinstance(payload, dict) and isinstance(payload.get('features'), list)

except OpenBBError as e:
    if 'No data found in the response' in str(e):
        # endpoint returned 200 with an error envelope; backoff and retry once
        await asyncio.sleep(5)
        info = await obb.economy.imf.maritime_chokepoint_info()

When it happens

Trigger: ArcGIS returning a 200 response whose body is an error JSON (e.g. {'error': {...}}), a `features: []` shape change, or an empty dict passed straight to transform_data (e.g. from a mocked or cached fetch).

Common situations: ArcGIS error envelopes that still use HTTP 200; schema drift in the PortWatch hosted layer; unit tests feeding incomplete fixture dicts into transform_data.

Related errors

• Failed to fetch data: {response.status}
• The response was returned empty with no error message.
• Failed to fetch data: {response.status} -> {response.reason}
• Failed to fetch data: {response.status}
• Failed to fetch ports data: {response.status} - {response.re

AI-assisted analysis of OpenBB-finance/OpenBB@3e071fcc2c (2026-08-14). Data as JSON: /api/errors/1e7fbbae1390ffb5. Report an issue: GitHub.