How can I request only a part of the response when using client.get_search_instrument(query_string=)?

[fabmeyer]

Is it possible to request only a part of the response dict?

With requests I can write requests.get(f'https://eodhistoricaldata.com/api/fundamentals/{ticker}.us?api_token={eod_api}&filter={eod_filter}') with eod_filter = 'General::Code,Name,Description' to get only a part of the response.

It would be nice to have this possibility with client.get_search_instrument() too.

[LautaroParada]

Hi @fabmeyer ,

As far as I understand, do you want to filter the response fields of get_search_instrument by explicitly declaring the parameters? Like the get_fundamental_equity method (can you confirm if that is correct?)

# Stock - request the quarterly statements
resp = client.get_fundamental_equity('AAPL.US', filter_='Financials::Balance_Sheet::quarterly')

If my understanding of your question is correct, I'm afraid it is not possible to include the filter. The documentation says that this method (and consequently the URL) only allows the following parameters: query_string, limit, bonds_only, exchange, type (This one is redundant with bonds_only, I do not recommend type). This characteristic is by default, and I can't do anything.

Despite that, If you still want to filter by some desired fields, the following code may help you:

import os
# load the key from the environment variables
from eod import EodHistoricalData
# import the key from the environment variables
api_key_eod = os.environ['API_EOD']
# Create the instance. You can always write directly the API key, but that's not secure.
client = EodHistoricalData(api_key_eod)

# I'm going to assume that you want companies related to blockchain
import pandas as pd
print( pd.DataFrame(client.get_search_instrument(query_string='blockchain'))[['Code', 'Name']] )

If the EOD API implements this optionality in the future, I will certainly include it in the get_search_instrument method.

I hope it helps.

[fabmeyer]

OK thanks for your time and effort.