[Bug]: Crypto Demo: Not found for https://paper-api.alpaca.markets/v2/positions/BTC/USD

[jmccarey]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Current Behavior

api_key = ""
secret_key = ""
paper = True 
trade_client = TradingClient(api_key=api_key, secret_key=secret_key, paper=paper, url_override=trade_api_url)



symbol = "BTC/USD"

# 404 response. API Error thrown 
position = trade_client.get_open_position(symbol_or_asset_id=symbol) 

# Also 404 response
trade_client.close_position( 
    symbol_or_asset_id = symbol,
    close_options = ClosePositionRequest(
        qty = "0.01",
    )
)

# Change the symbol to drop / and it's okay
symbol = "BTCUSD"

position = trade_client.get_open_position(symbol_or_asset_id=symbol) # 200

trade_client.close_position( # 200
    symbol_or_asset_id = symbol,
    close_options = ClosePositionRequest(
        qty = "0.01",
    )
)

# But the BTCUSD format doesn't work for historical data
# APIError: {"message":"invalid symbol: BTCUSD does not match ^[A-Z]+/[A-Z]+$"}
crypto_historical_data_client = CryptoHistoricalDataClient()

# get historical bars by symbol
# ref. https://docs.alpaca.markets/reference/cryptobars-1
now = datetime.now(ZoneInfo("America/New_York"))
req = CryptoBarsRequest(
    symbol_or_symbols = [symbol],
    timeframe=TimeFrame(amount = 1, unit = TimeFrameUnit.Hour), # specify timeframe
    start = now - timedelta(days = 1),                          # specify start datetime, default=the beginning of the current day.
    # end_date=None,                                        # specify end datetime, default=now
    limit = 2,                                               # specify limit
)
crypto_historical_data_client.get_crypto_bars(req).df

Expected Behavior

Ideally you could use the same symbol string for orders, positions, and historical data. That sounds like it could be an API change, but for now it could be good to update the demo.

SDK Version I encountered this issue in

alpaca-py 0.34.0

Steps To Reproduce

Run the provided code, or:

1. Setup a fresh crypto-trading-basic.ipynb
2. Run the notebook as normal. get_open_position(symbol_or_asset_id=symbol) and trade_client.close_position(symbol_or_asset_id = symbol...) raise API errors
3. Try symbol = "BTCUSD".  The notebook runs all the way until we access historical data. Then we get APIError: {"message":"invalid symbol: BTCUSD does not match ^[A-Z]+/[A-Z]+$"}

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