OpenBB-finance/OpenBB · error · OpenBBError

Please enter a country and frequency.

Error message

Please enter a country and frequency.

What it means

Error "Please enter a country and frequency." thrown in OpenBB-finance/OpenBB.

Source

Thrown at openbb_platform/providers/imf/openbb_imf/imf_router.py:707

        bool,
        Query(
            title="Raw Output",
            description="Return presentation table as raw JSON data if True.",
        ),
    ] = False,
) -> Any:
    """Get a formatted presentation table from the IMF database. Returns as HTML or JSON list."""
    # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
    import html as html_module

    from openbb_imf.models.economic_indicators import ImfEconomicIndicatorsFetcher
    from pandas import DataFrame

    if dataflow_group is None or table is None:
        raise OpenBBError(ValueError("Please enter a dataflow group and a table."))

    if country is None or frequency is None:
        raise OpenBBError(ValueError("Please enter a country and frequency."))

    freq_map = {"A": "annual", "Q": "quarter", "M": "month", "D": "day"}
    symbol = PRESENTATION_TABLES.get(table, "")
    params = {
        "symbol": symbol,
        "country": country,
        "limit": limit,
        "frequency": freq_map.get(frequency, frequency),
        "dimension_values": dimension_values,
        "pivot": True,
    }
    results = await ImfEconomicIndicatorsFetcher.fetch_data(params, {})
    results_json = [d.model_dump(mode="json", exclude_none=True) for d in results.result]  # type: ignore

    if raw is True:
        return results_json

    df = DataFrame(results_json).set_index(["title", "country"]).reset_index()

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Solutions

1. Provide both a country and a frequency parameter.
2. Use a valid IMF country code and frequency ('A', 'Q', or 'M').

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at openbb_platform/providers/imf/openbb_imf/imf_router.py:707 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of OpenBB-finance/OpenBB@3e071fcc2c (2026-08-14). Data as JSON: /api/errors/2d5d9fce552fef89. Report an issue: GitHub.