Fix Flex Web Service endpoints (legacy URLs return 1001)#108
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request_statement() was unconditionally overriding the correct REQUEST_URL (https://gdcdyn.interactivebrokers.com/Universal/servlet/ FlexStatementService.SendRequest) with https://ndcdyn.interactivebrokers.com/portal.flexweb/api/v1/flexQuery. That second URL does not exist -- IB responds with a generic HTML "404 Page Not Found" (~11KB). Because the body is HTML rather than the Flex XML error envelope, parse_stmt_response() can't turn it into a StatementError, so no ResponseCodeError is raised and callers loop indefinitely retrying the dead endpoint. The correct gdcdyn/Universal/servlet/FlexStatementService.SendRequest endpoint is still live and returns a proper <ReferenceCode> for valid token/query pairs (verified against a live Flex token). Dropping the override lets `url = url or REQUEST_URL` stand, restoring working downloads. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
The legacy gdcdyn/Universal/servlet/FlexStatementService.{SendRequest,
GetStatement} endpoints now return Fail with ErrorCode 1001
("Statement could not be generated at this time"), making downloads
fail for every token/query pair.
IB has moved the service to:
SendRequest: ndcdyn.interactivebrokers.com/AccountManagement/FlexWebService/SendRequest
GetStatement: gdcdyn.interactivebrokers.com/AccountManagement/FlexWebService/GetStatement
Verified against a live token/query: SendRequest returns a proper
<ReferenceCode>, and GetStatement returns the full FlexQueryResponse.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@eyalk11 I'm looking for a way to continue using this library. I sent a message to @csingley about adding new maintainers to the repo but I think he is caught up with other projects at the moment. Any interest in making a new fork intended to be maintained by small group of folks, perhaps including @tbarnier and @ANDREW251 from #104 and #107? If @csingley circles back to this, we could re-merge the fork. |
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Sorry to be AWOL and unresponsive. I just made bail; my first action on the outside was to merge this commit, and my next has been to invite @montehoover to help keep the lamps around here trimmed and burning in case I get sent back up the river again. |
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Y'all are of course welcome to fork the code if all else fails, but that just tends to confuse people - let's try to make the repo pointed at by search engines just not suck instead. Again, my apologies - everyone's contributions are much appreciated while I have been incommunicado in the deepest forests of Borneo. |
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Glad this repo is staying alive! I'm happy to help in any way I can. And I'm excited for ibflex 1.0! |
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Summary
gdcdyn.interactivebrokers.com/Universal/servlet/FlexStatementService.{SendRequest,GetStatement}endpoints now consistently return<Status>Fail</Status>with<ErrorCode>1001</ErrorCode>("Statement could not be generated at this time"), breaking every download.AccountManagement/FlexWebService/...paths. UpdatedREQUEST_URLandSTMT_URLaccordingly.REQUEST_URLthat pointed at a 404 HTML endpoint and caused infinite retry loops.New endpoints:
https://ndcdyn.interactivebrokers.com/AccountManagement/FlexWebService/SendRequesthttps://gdcdyn.interactivebrokers.com/AccountManagement/FlexWebService/GetStatementTest plan
client.REQUEST_URL/STMT_URLsymbolically and mockrequests.get).