Error/Exception when Imbalance volumes API

[ayokariks]

Hi guys,

I'm getting the below error when trying to call the imbalance volumes API. Below is the stack trace any ideas on how to get around this?

#Aggregated Imbalance Volumes
df_B1780 = client.get_B1780(start_date, end_date)
df_B1780.head(3

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ValueError Traceback (most recent call last)
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1 #Day-ahead Aggregated Generation
----> 2 df_B1430 = client.get_B1430(start_date, end_date)
3 df_B1430.head(3)

File ~\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python38\site-packages\ElexonDataPortal\api.py:469, in Client.get_B1430(self, start_date, end_date)
456 def get_B1430(
457 self,
458 start_date: str='2020-01-01',
459 end_date: str='2020-01-01 1:30',
460 ):
461 """
462 Day-Ahead Aggregated Generation
463
(...)
466 end_date (str)
467 """
--> 469 df = orchestrator.query_orchestrator(
470 method='get_B1430',
471 api_key=self.api_key,
472 n_attempts=self.n_retry_attempts,
473 request_type='SP_and_date',
474 kwargs_map={'date': 'SettlementDate', 'SP': 'Period'},
475 func_params=['APIKey', 'date', 'SP', 'ServiceType'],
476 start_date=start_date,
477 end_date=end_date,
478 )
480 return df

File ~\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python38\site-packages\ElexonDataPortal\dev\orchestrator.py:411, in query_orchestrator(method, api_key, request_type, kwargs_map, func_params, start_date, end_date, n_attempts, **kwargs)
408 assert request_type in request_type_to_func.keys(), f"{request_type} must be one of: {', '.join(request_type_to_func.keys())}"
409 request_func = request_type_to_func[request_type]
--> 411 df = request_func(
412 method=method,
413 api_key=api_key,
414 n_attempts=n_attempts,
415 **kwargs
416 )
418 df = df.reset_index(drop=True)
420 return df

File ~\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python38\site-packages\ElexonDataPortal\dev\orchestrator.py:79, in SP_and_date_request(method, kwargs_map, func_params, api_key, start_date, end_date, n_attempts, **kwargs)
75 assert len(missing_kwargs) == 0, f"The following kwargs are missing: {', '.join(missing_kwargs)}"
77 r = retry_request(raw, method, kwargs, n_attempts=n_attempts)
---> 79 df_SP = utils.parse_xml_response(r)
80 df = df.append(df_SP)
82 df = utils.expand_cols(df)

File ~\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python38\site-packages\ElexonDataPortal\dev\utils.py:85, in parse_xml_response(r)
83 df = pd.DataFrame(pd.Series(data_content)).T
84 else:
---> 85 raise ValueError('The returned data_content must be one of: list or OrderedDict')
87 return df

ValueError: The returned data_content must be one of: list or OrderedDict