jackwener/OpenCLI · error · ArgumentError

xueqiu comments received an invalid symbol: ${symbol}

Error message

xueqiu comments received an invalid symbol: ${symbol}

What it means

When the first comments page is classified 'argument' — the JSON envelope text matches /invalid symbol|invalid code|bad symbol/ — throwFirstPageFailure throws ArgumentError with the offending symbol. The site itself rejected the ticker as invalid, even though it passed the CLI's local pattern check.

Source

Thrown at clis/xueqiu/comments.js:48

}
function normalizeIdentifier(value) {
    if (typeof value === 'string')
        return value.trim();
    if (typeof value === 'number' && Number.isFinite(value))
        return String(value);
    return '';
}
function buildPaginationStopMessage(requestNumber, collected, target, reason) {
    return `xueqiu comments pagination stopped after request ${requestNumber}, `
        + `collected ${collected}/${target} items, `
        + `reason: ${reason}`;
}
function throwFirstPageFailure(kind, symbol) {
    if (kind === 'auth' || kind === 'anti-bot') {
        throw new AuthRequiredError('xueqiu.com', 'Stock discussions require login or challenge clearance');
    }
    if (kind === 'argument') {
        throw new ArgumentError(`xueqiu comments received an invalid symbol: ${symbol}`);
    }
    if (kind === 'empty') {
        throw new EmptyResultError(`xueqiu/comments ${symbol}`, `No discussion data found for ${symbol}`);
    }
    throw new CommandExecutionError(`Unexpected response while loading xueqiu comments for ${symbol}`, 'Run the command again with --verbose to inspect the raw site response.');
}
/**
 * Extract the raw item list from one classified JSON payload.
 *
 * @param json Raw parsed JSON payload from browser fetch.
 * @returns Discussion items when the response shape is usable.
 */
export function getCommentItems(json) {
    if (!isRecord(json))
        return [];
    const list = getCommentList(json) ?? [];
    return list.filter((item) => !!item && typeof item === 'object');
}

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Solutions

1. Verify the symbol on xueqiu.com's website search and copy the exact ticker it uses
2. Check prefix correctness: SH/SZ for A-shares, plain digits for HK (e.g. 00700), plain letters for US (e.g. AAPL)
3. Try a well-known symbol like AAPL or SH600519 to confirm your session works and isolate the issue to the symbol
4. If the symbol is valid on the site but still rejected, check for library updates — the API may have changed

Example fix

// before
opencli xueqiu comments SH60051
// after
opencli xueqiu comments SH600519

const SYMBOL_RE = /^(?:[A-Z]{2}\d{5,6}|\d{4,6}|[A-Z]{1,5}(?:[.-][A-Z]{1,2})?)$/;
const symbol = String(raw).trim().toUpperCase();
if (!SYMBOL_RE.test(symbol)) throw new Error(`Invalid symbol format: ${symbol}`);
if (/^S[HZ]\d{5}$/.test(symbol)) throw new Error('A-share codes need 6 digits, e.g. SH600519');

try {
  const rows = await fetchComments(symbol);
} catch (e) {
  if (/invalid symbol/.test(e.message)) {
    console.error(`Symbol ${symbol} rejected by xueqiu — check the ticker on xueqiu.com`);
  } else throw e;
}

When it happens

Trigger: `xueqiu comments <symbol>` where symbol matches the local regex but xueqiu's search/status API responds with an 'invalid symbol/code' error envelope — e.g. delisted tickers, wrong-market prefixes (SZ000001 vs SH600519 style mistakes), or US tickers xueqiu does not list.

Common situations: Typos like SH60051 (5 digits instead of 6); using an exchange prefix xueqiu does not recognize; querying a delisted or renamed stock; confusing Hong Kong 5-digit codes with A-share codes.

Related errors

• xueqiu/kline
• xueqiu/stock
• bbc topic "${args.topic}" is not supported
• bbc ${label} must be a positive integer
• bbc ${label} must be <= ${maxValue}

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