OpenBB-finance/OpenBB · error · OpenBBError

No valid countries were supplied.

Error message

No valid countries were supplied.

What it means

OpenBBError from EconDbCountryProfileQueryParams country validation: every supplied country token was removed during normalization, leaving an empty list. Codes that are 2-letter non-ISO, unknown 3-letter codes (warn + remove), or un-mappable names all drop out; only G20 and known groups/names survive.

Source

Thrown at openbb_platform/providers/econdb/openbb_econdb/models/country_profile.py:67

                and c.upper() not in list(COUNTRY_MAP.values())
                and c.lower() != "g7"
            ) or (
                len(c) > 3 and c.lower() not in list(COUNTRY_MAP) + list(COUNTRY_GROUPS)
            ):
                country.remove(c)
            elif len(c) == 3 and c.lower() != "g20":
                _c = THREE_LETTER_ISO_MAP.get(c.upper(), "")
                if _c:  # pylint: disable=R0801
                    country[country.index(c)] = _c
                else:
                    warn(f"Error: {c} is not a valid country code.")
                    country.remove(c)
            elif len(c) > 3 and c.lower() in COUNTRY_MAP:
                country[country.index(c)] = COUNTRY_MAP[c.lower()].upper()
            elif len(c) > 2 and c.lower() in COUNTRY_GROUPS:
                country[country.index(c)] = ",".join(COUNTRY_GROUPS[c.lower()])
        if len(country) == 0:
            raise OpenBBError("No valid countries were supplied.")
        return ",".join(country)


class EconDbCountryProfileData(CountryProfileData):
    """EconDB Country Profile Data."""

    __alias_dict__ = {
        "country": "Country",
        "gdp_usd": "GDP ($B USD)",
        "gdp_qoq": "GDP QoQ",
        "gdp_yoy": "GDP YoY",
        "cpi_yoy": "CPI YoY",
        "core_yoy": "Core CPI YoY",
        "retail_sales_yoy": "Retail Sales YoY",
        "industrial_production_yoy": "Industrial Production YoY",
        "policy_rate": "Policy Rate",
        "yield_10y": "10Y Yield",
        "govt_debt_gdp": "Govt Debt/GDP",

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Solutions

1. Use ISO-3166 alpha-2 or alpha-3 codes (e.g. 'US', 'USA', 'DEU') or group names like 'g20' supported by the provider.
2. Check the emitted warnings — each one names the invalid code that was dropped; fix those tokens.
3. Pre-validate against helpers THREE_LETTER_ISO_MAP / COUNTRY_MAP in openbb_econdb.utils.helpers before calling.
4. If you need UK-style aliases, map them yourself first (uk->gb) since the provider does not.

Example fix

# before
profile = obb.economy.country_profile(provider="econdb", country="uk,zz")  # both invalid -> raises

# after
profile = obb.economy.country_profile(provider="econdb", country="gb,US")

from openbb_econdb.utils.helpers import THREE_LETTER_ISO_MAP, COUNTRY_MAP, COUNTRY_GROUPS

def sanitize_countries(countries: list[str]) -> list[str]:
    out = []
    for c in countries:
        k = c.lower()
        if len(c) == 2 and k != "":
            out.append(c.upper())
        elif len(c) == 3 and THREE_LETTER_ISO_MAP.get(c.upper()):
            out.append(THREE_LETTER_ISO_MAP[c.upper()])
        elif k in COUNTRY_MAP:
            out.append(COUNTRY_MAP[k].upper())
        elif k in COUNTRY_GROUPS:
            out.extend(COUNTRY_GROUPS[k])
    if not out:
        raise ValueError(f"no valid countries in {countries}")
    return out

from openbb_core.provider.utils.errors import OpenBBError
try:
    profile = obb.economy.country_profile(provider="econdb", country=",".join(cs))
except OpenBBError as e:
    if "No valid countries" in str(e):
        raise ValueError(f"sanitize input codes first: {cs}") from e
    raise

When it happens

Trigger: Calling obb.economy.country_profile(provider='econdb', country=...) where country is e.g. 'XX' (invalid 2-letter), 'ZZZ' (unknown 3-letter), or a name not in COUNTRY_MAP. Each invalid token emits a warning and is removed; if all are invalid the list is empty and this raises.

Common situations: Passing made-up or uppercase-full-name codes not in the provider's map; passing 'uk' expecting ISO 'gb'; datasets with typo'd ISO codes feeding the parameter; mixing several codes where all happen to be invalid.

Related errors

• No valid countries were supplied.
• The 'main' indicator cannot be combined with other indicator
• The 'main' indicator cannot be combined with multiple countr
• Invalid symbol: '{symbol}'. It must have a two-letter countr
• No valid combination of indicator symbols and countries were

AI-assisted analysis of OpenBB-finance/OpenBB@3e071fcc2c (2026-08-14). Data as JSON: /api/errors/01223aa541be3134. Report an issue: GitHub.