Requests and urllib3 exception
Requests and urllib3 exception: urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError
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urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError - Kind
- Exception
- Where you meet it
- Raised in your own program by the library
What does urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError mean in Requests and urllib3?
Raised when something unexpected happens in the middle of a request or a response.
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What it means in trading API work
The connection failed while a request or a reply was in transit, for example because the other side closed or reset it.
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What should I do about urllib3.exceptions.ProtocolError?
Retry reads on a new connection. For an order request, read open orders and positions before sending it again, because you cannot tell how far it got.
This page is an independent explanation in plain words. The definition itself is in the source it was read from, which is the authority if the two ever differ.