[New Feature] Quandl Data Importing by Jared Broad

Jared Broad

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You can now import Quandl data with a single line of code! Just tell us what Quandl-Code you'd like and we'll connect to the Quandl API, and import the data into your algorithm! The example below imports the Yahoo S&P index!

With this feature you can now import tens of thousands of different datasets from Quandl's library:

 //Import desired data in Initialize()

AddData("YAHOO/INDEX_SPY", Resolution.Minute);

//Event handler for Quandl data

public void OnData(Quandl data) { ... }

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20 Comments

Jared Broad

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Nik milev

100.3k ,

Great addition!
Is there any document listing QuandlCodes for different securities/ETFs/futures/etc. ?

Jared Broad

Its virtually everything here: https://www.quandl.com - there are millions of datasets. The quandl codes are in the top-right corner of the page.

We look at the headers on the file - so as long as the data starts with a header you'll be able to access it under the Quandl object.

Valery T

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The AddData/OnData(Quandl) does not seem to work if I want to download and analyze multiple fundamental characteristics of the same or multiple stocks. For example:

string dividendCode = "SEC/AAPL_COMMONSTOCKDIVIDENDSPERSHAREDECLARED_Q";
string freeCashFlowCode = "DMDRN/AAPL_FCFF";

AddData(dividendCode, Resolution.Daily);
AddData(freeCashFlowCode, Resolution.Daily);

does not seem to make sense, since AddData expects stock symbol as first parameter.

Jared Broad

The "DMDRN/AAPL_FCFF" doesn't exist on Quandl. But I've made an example of importing two SEC types here.

I think the issue you might have been seeing is because those non-trade-bar data types need a special type to tell QC what the value column is -- in this case its "Value". See my example below.

Mikael Lindgren

59 ,

I was trying out this example, just changed the quandl code to "NASDAQOMX/OMXS30" (index of top 30 euquities on the Swedish market) and the . But it gave me a runtime error with the following error message:

Error invoking NASDAQOMX/OMXS30 data reader. Line: 2011-05-03,1153.87,1162.0,1146.72,2915165471708.0,0.0 Error: Property with name 'close' does not exist. Properties: Time, Symbol, Value index value, high, low, total market value, dividend market value

And this Stacktrace:

at QuantConnect.Data.DynamicData.GetProperty (System.String name) [0x000c5] in <3b12344d871e4a1380e99c39d4cddf0b>:0 

at QuantConnect.Data.Custom.Quandl.Reader (QuantConnect.Data.SubscriptionDataConfig config, System.String line, System.DateTime date, System.Boolean isLiveMode) [0x000ff] in <3b12344d871e4a1380e99c39d4cddf0b>:0 

at QuantConnect.Lean.Engine.DataFeeds.TextSubscriptionDataSourceReader+<Read>c__Iterator0.MoveNext () [0x000a7] in Lean.Engine.DataFeeds.TextSubscriptionDataSourceReader+<Read>c__Iterator0.MoveNext () [0x000a7] in <2824cfe7150d4525ab66e90816c767c3>:0

Seems strange to me, 2011-05-03 is not even i the period of the sample code?

JayJayD

Hi Mikael Lindgren,

The error massage, as always, gives you the clue to find the solution.

The default Quandl constructor uses ‘close’ as its value column, but this data hasn’t a close column, instead the value column name is 'Index Value'.

Check the line 42 in the attached backtest.

Anton Esterhuyse

78 ,

Hi Jared, is there an easy way to import the Quandl data into a python algorithm, without writing a custom class, similar to the code that you demonstrated:

AddData("YAHOO/INDEX_SPY", Resolution.Minute);

Jared Broad

https://github.com/QuantConnect/Lean/blob/master/Algorithm.Python/QuandlImporterAlgorithm.py

Without writing a custom class is only possible when there is a Close column

Anton Esterhuyse

78 ,

Thank you. Could you please post an example of writing a custom class. The data I am requesting has a "close" column instead of a "Close" column so the standard Quandl import does not work. I have also looked at the documentation on importing custom data, but it did not help me to solve the problem. For example, I am trying to import WIKI/NVDA.

Jared Broad

https://github.com/QuantConnect/Lean/blob/master/Algorithm.Python/QuandlFuturesDataAlgorithm.py#L56

Hello Jared Broad ,

can you give an example also for the Research Jupyter Notebook environment?

I tried the following but it doesn't return anything

qb.AddData(Quandl, "YAHOO/INDEX_SPY", Resolution.Minute)

qb.History(qb.Securities.Keys, 360, Resolution.Daily)

# or

qb.History("YAHOO/INDEX_SPY", 360, Resolution.Daily)

Best,

Sebastien Winsor

99 ,

If you can't create a custom class in research, then I imagine you cannot

Sebastien Winsor

99 ,

Actually, try

qb.AddData(Quandl, "YAHOO/INDEX_SPY", Resolution.Minute)

Quandl.SetValueColumn("Settle")

Sebastien Winsor hello,

I get the following error

---------------------------------------------------------------------------

AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)

<ipython-input-3-c5b0bfc97e5a> in <module>()

      1 qb.AddData(Quandl, "YAHOO/INDEX_SPY", Resolution.Minute)

      2 

----> 3 Quandl.SetValueColumn("Settle")



AttributeError: type object 'Quandl' has no attribute 'SetValueColumn'

Alexandre Catarino

SetValueColumn is not an attribute/member of the Quandl class.

We have received this email last year:
"On June 30, 2017, we will remove two databases from Quandl: GOOG and YAHOO. Unfortunately, the source data will no longer be available to us, so we cannot continue to offer it on the site."
So we are not able to get YAHOO/INDEX_SPY in Research nor Algorithm Lab.

That said, we are working on getting custom data into Research Environment at QuantConnect.com since Research Environment doesn't have access to the internet for security reasons.

Apollos Hill

8.5k ,

hi everyone am i doing somehting wrong? Trying to get DXY data from www.quandl.com/data/BCIW/_DXY-US-Dollar-Index-DXY

Backtest Handled Error: Error downloading custom data source file, skipped: RemoteFile: Csv https://www.quantconnect.com/api/v2/proxy/quandl/api/v3/datasets/BCIW/_DXY.csv?order=asc&api_key=JjAt5_5Ggmmoe5zUKipm Error: The remote server returned an error: (403) Forbidden. (Open Stacktrace)

This is my code

self.AddData(Quandl, "BCIW/_DXY", Resolution.Daily)

Alexandre Catarino

That error message is shown when we don't have access to that security (BCIW/_DXY) because it does not exist or the API key (JjAt5_5Ggmmoe5zUKipm) does give us access to it.

It is odd that you are trying to fetch BCIW/_DXY-US-Dollar-Index-DXY with
self.AddData(Quandl, "BCIW/_DXY", Resolution.Daily)
it not be
self.AddData(Quandl, "BCIW/_DXY-US-Dollar-Index-DXY", Resolution.Daily)

Benjamin Ettinger

130 ,

To piggyback onto this old thread, is it possible to add multiple columns from one Quandl table? E.g.:

MyAlgo(QCAlgorithm):

    def Initialize(self):

        self.onemo = self.AddData(Quandl1moRate, "USTREASURY/YIELD", Resolution.Daily, DateTimeZone.Utc, True)

        self.oneyr = self.AddData(Quandl1yrRate, "USTREASURY/YIELD", Resolution.Daily, DateTimeZone.Utc, True)



class Quandl1moRate(PythonQuandl):

        def __init__(self):

            self.ValueColumnName = "1 mo"

class Quandl1yrRate(PythonQuandl):

        def __init__(self):

            self.ValueColumnName = "1 yr"

This doesn't seem to work for me. (I get "Trying to dynamically access a method that does not exist throws a TypeError exception.")

Stefan d'heedene

89 ,

Hi Benjamin, I was able to add two columns of the same table before in my code (similar to what you wrote above), without getting any exceptions. The problem though is distinguishing what they are when the data comes in, because they both would have the same symbol "USTREASURY/YIELD"...

Link Liang

STAFF ,

Hi Stefan,

I believe you can find some help here. Please start a new post if you have further questions. Thanks for your support!