insiders & holders = 404 error

[EthanW33]

Describe bug

404 Client Error: Not Found for url: https://query2.finance.yahoo.com/v10/finance/quoteSummary/?modules=institutionOwnership%2CfundOwnership%2CmajorDirectHolders%2CmajorHoldersBreakdown%2CinsiderTransactions%2CinsiderHolders%2CnetSharePurchaseActivity&corsDomain=finance.yahoo.com&symbol=AAPL&formatted=false&crumb=IeRNDRnDmnU

Unable to access insider purchases due to empty dataframe:
Insider Trades:
Empty DataFrame
Columns: []
Index: []

Simple code that reproduces your problem

import yfinance as yf

def get_insider_trades(symbol):
try:
# Create a Ticker object
ticker = yf.Ticker(symbol)

    # Get insider trades data
    insider_trades = ticker.get_insider_transactions()
    
    return insider_trades
except Exception as e:
    print("An error occurred:", e)
    return None

def main():
symbol = "AAPL" # Example symbol
insider_trades = get_insider_trades(symbol)

if insider_trades is not None:
    print("Insider Trades:")
    print(insider_trades)
else:
    print("Failed to retrieve insider trades.")

if name == "main":
main()

Debug log

N/A

Bad data proof

No response

yfinance version

Latest

Python version

No response

Operating system

No response

[farbodbahari]

none of the 3 following methods works anymore. Using version '0.2.37'
get_insider_purchases()
get_major_holders()
get_mutualfund_holders()

[ValueRaider]

Has Yahoo changed the API? Firefox -> Yahoo webpage -> F12 -> Network tab -> F5 -> inspect

Holders webpage doesn't appear to use API directly.

[melgazar9]

Hey just adding to this thread. The following are broken:

• insider_purchases
• insider_roster_holders
• insider_transactions
• institutional_holders
• major_holders
• mutualfund_holders

[ValueRaider]

@bot-unit @JuliaLWang8 Can you advise on what the new API/fields might be, how to figure it out? (tagging because of #1728 (comment))

I figured out a fix - ticker symbol needs to be appended to base URL, not added as a parameter:

https://query2.finance.yahoo.com/v10/finance/quoteSummary/AAPL

I'll leave as a nice task for #1084

[hectoorperezz]

Is it possible to use this method ".institutional_holders" in any version?

It would be essential for what I am working on currently.