# Problem with connecting to paper account

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/problem-with-connecting-to-paper-account/4846>\
**Category:** Alpaca Trading\
**Created:** [March 8, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/problem-with-connecting-to-paper-account/4846 "2021-03-08T14:40:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![smcracraft](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.alpaca.markets/smcracraft/32/283_2.png) [@smcracraft](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/smcracraft)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/problem-with-connecting-to-paper-account/4846/1 "2021-03-08T14:40:11Z")

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Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/alpaca\_trade\_api/rest.py”, line 160, in \_one\_request  
resp.raise\_for\_status()  
File “/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests/models.py”, line 943, in raise\_for\_status  
raise HTTPError(http\_error\_msg, response=self)  
requests.exceptions.HTTPError: 404 Client Error: Not Found for url: [https://paper-api.alpaca.markets/v2/account](https://paper-api.alpaca.markets/v2/account)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):  
File “./wsb\_trades.py”, line 75, in   
if api.get\_account().trading\_blocked:  
File “/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/alpaca\_trade\_api/rest.py”, line 198, in get\_account  
resp = self.get(’/account’)  
File “/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/alpaca\_trade\_api/rest.py”, line 176, in get  
return self.\_request(‘GET’, path, data)  
File “/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/alpaca\_trade\_api/rest.py”, line 139, in \_request  
return self.\_one\_request(method, url, opts, retry)  
File “/home/ubuntu/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/alpaca\_trade\_api/rest.py”, line 168, in \_one\_request  
raise APIError(error, http\_error)  
alpaca\_trade\_api.rest.APIError: account not found for 702bdb09-64f1-4985-9b9b-6481bbd1b57c