{"record":{"id":"9828ef2778e3f909","repo":"OpenBB-finance/OpenBB","slug":"the-request-was-returned-empty-you-may-be-experie-9828ef","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"The request was returned empty. You may be experiencing rate limiting from the FRED API. Please try again later and reduce the number of topics selected.","messagePattern":"The request was returned empty\\. You may be experiencing rate limiting from the FRED API\\. Please try again later and reduce the number of topics selected\\.","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"EmptyDataError","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"openbb_platform/providers/fred/openbb_fred/models/manufacturing_outlook_texas.py","lineNumber":387,"sourceCode":"\n        return {\n            \"metadata\": response.metadata,\n            \"data\": [d.model_dump() for d in response.result],\n        }\n\n    @staticmethod\n    def transform_data(\n        query: FredManufacturingOutlookTexasQueryParams,\n        data: dict,\n        **kwargs: Any,\n    ) -> AnnotatedResult[list[FredManufacturingOutlookTexasData]]:\n        \"\"\"Transform data.\"\"\"\n        # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel\n        from pandas import Categorical, DataFrame\n\n        df = DataFrame(data.get(\"data\", []))\n        if df.empty:\n            raise EmptyDataError(\n                \"The request was returned empty.\"\n                + \" You may be experiencing rate limiting from the FRED API.\"\n                + \" Please try again later and reduce the number of topics selected.\"\n            )\n        metadata = data.get(\"metadata\", {})\n        df = df.melt(id_vars=\"date\", var_name=\"symbol\", value_name=\"value\").query(\n            \"value.notnull()\"\n        )\n        df[\"topic\"] = df.symbol.map(ID_TO_TOPIC)\n        df[\"field\"] = df[\"symbol\"].map(ID_TO_FIELD)\n\n        df = df.pivot(\n            columns=\"field\", index=[\"date\", \"topic\"], values=\"value\"\n        ).reset_index()\n        topic_categories = [\n            d for d in TEXAS_MANUFACTURING_OUTLOOK if d in df[\"topic\"].unique()\n        ]\n        df = df.fillna(\"N/A\").replace(\"N/A\", None)","sourceCodeStart":369,"sourceCodeEnd":405,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/OpenBB-finance/OpenBB/blob/3e071fcc2cd9f891cac6040ae60296dba76dab46/openbb_platform/providers/fred/openbb_fred/models/manufacturing_outlook_texas.py#L369-L405","documentation":"Error \"The request was returned empty. You may be experiencing rate limiting from the FRED API. Please try again later and reduce the number of topics selected.\" thrown in OpenBB-finance/OpenBB.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at openbb_platform/providers/fred/openbb_fred/models/manufacturing_outlook_texas.py:387 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":["Wait and retry later; this is likely FRED API rate limiting.","Reduce the number of topics selected in a single request.","Verify your FRED API key is valid."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"3e071fcc2cd9f891cac6040ae60296dba76dab46","analyzedAt":"2026-08-14T23:40:48.960Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-15T22:17:37.221Z"}