Several Error Messages

[lisahlstn]

Hi all,

Thank you a lot for the great package.

I'm using the package (latest version 1.4.8) for a scheduled extraction of google trends data and I'm struggling with some errors. The errors don't come up all the time but only every once in a while and I can't seem to find a pattern in their occurence.

• "Error in get_widget(comparison_item, category, gprop, hl, cookie_url, : widget$status_code == 200 is not TRUE\n"
• "Error in FUN(X[[i]], ...): Status code was not 200. Returned status code:429\n"
• "Error in interest_over_time(widget, comparison_item, tz): Status code was not 200. Returned status code:429\n" (similar to Error in interest_over_time(widget, comparison_item, tz) : Status code was not 200. Returned status code:401 #375 by bampigio)

The query I'm using simply loops over about 10 keywords:
gtrends(keywords[i], time = "now 4-H", geo = c("DE"), category = categories[i], hl = "en-US")

Could someone please elaborate if the errors simply occur due to usage limits of the API or if there are other reasons for each error? Any help on why the errors occur and how to solve them would be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[PMassicotte]

You have to provide a reproducible example in order for us to understand the problem.

[JWEDSONF]

I've been having the same problem for a while.

Sometimes the code runs normally.

From what I observed, it depends on the period in the "TIME =" parameter

siderurgica_all = gtrends(c("Arcelormittal","Usiminas","Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém","Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional"), time = "all", geo = c("BR"), hl = "pt-BR")

runtime error
Error in FUN(X[[i]], ...) : Status code was not 200. Returned status code:429

I've tried on different networks and even on computers with different windows versions. But the error persists

thanks for the support

[PMassicotte]

It works fine on my side:

r$> head(gtrends(c("Arcelormittal","Usiminas","Companhia Siderúrgica do Pecém","Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional"), time = "all",  geo = c("BR"), hl = "pt-BR")$interest_over_time)
        date hits       keyword geo time gprop category
1 2004-01-01    0 Arcelormittal  BR  all   web        0
2 2004-02-01    0 Arcelormittal  BR  all   web        0
3 2004-03-01    0 Arcelormittal  BR  all   web        0
4 2004-04-01    0 Arcelormittal  BR  all   web        0
5 2004-05-01    0 Arcelormittal  BR  all   web        0
6 2004-06-01    0 Arcelormittal  BR  all   web        0

[JWEDSONF]

Yes, at times the data is imported and at other times it is not.

I've already broken my head and I can't solve it

[ilolic]

I have the same problem. Tried running the first example for gtrends function and still got the same error (tried installing new versions)
gtrends("NHL")