Getting this error in Python Script: eikon.eikonError.EikonError: Error code 408 | Request timeout occured
I'm using the Eikon Data Api in a Python script that makes a get_news_headlines call every x minutes/hours. About 50% of the time I get this error: eikon.eikonError.EikonError: Error code 408 | Request timeout occured.
Looking for any ideas on how to fix this?
while True:
try:
headlines = ek.get_news_headlines(query='Language:LEN AND Source:RTRS',20,datetime.datetime.now().utcnow() - datetime.timedelta(minutes=x), datetime.datetime.now().utcnow())
time.sleep(x)
except (ek.EikonError):
print("Error")
Best Answer
Hi,
time.sleep() has a none visible effect: it's freezing all the thread, including the code that's sending the request and waiting for the response.
If you pause your code with time.sleep() function for a long time (more than several seconds), you shoudl replace with one another solution (x should be given in seconds):
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from threading import Event
timer_event = Event()
while True:
try:
headline = ek.get_news_headlines(query='Language:LEN AND Source:RTRS', count=20, date_from=datetime.now().utcnow() - timedelta(minutes=x), date_to=datetime.now().utcnow())
timer_event.wait(timeout=x*60)
except(ek.EikonError):
print("Error")
or :
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
import asyncio
while True:
try:
headline = ek.get_news_headlines(query='Language:LEN AND Source:RTRS', count=20, date_from=datetime.now().utcnow() - timedelta(minutes=x), date_to=datetime.now().utcnow())
asyncio.get_event_loop().run_until_complete(asyncio.sleep(x))
except(ek.EikonError):
print("Error")