# Trying to use barset, giving a weird error
**URL:** https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/trying-to-use-barset-giving-a-weird-error/11891
**Category:** Alpaca Trading
**Created:** [February 21, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/trying-to-use-barset-giving-a-weird-error/11891 "2023-02-21T16:06:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Lord\_Ingram](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Lord_Ingram)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/trying-to-use-barset-giving-a-weird-error/11891/1 "2023-02-21T16:06:25Z")
Howdy, first time using the forum, lack of documentation brought me here. I’ve been trying to use the get\_barset method, it ends up in giving me an error that reads
404 Client Error: Not Found for url: [https://data.alpaca.markets/v2/bars/1Min?symbols=AAPL&limit=1](https://data.alpaca.markets/v2/bars/1Min?symbols=AAPL&limit=1)
For some reason it is adding my request to the end of my link? I genuinely do not understand how. Here’s my code below.
import alpaca\_trade\_api\_fixed as tradeapi
api\_key = ‘I put my key here’
api\_secret = ‘I put my private key’
base\_url = ‘[https://paper-api.alpaca.markets](https://paper-api.alpaca.markets)’
api = tradeapi.REST(api\_key, api\_secret, base\_url, api\_version=‘v2’)
account = api.get\_account()
print(account)
barset = api.get\_barset(‘AAPL’, ‘1Min’, limit=1)
bars = barset[‘AAPL’]
print(bars)
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
---
### Author:  [@Dan\_Whitnable\_Alpaca](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Dan_Whitnable_Alpaca)
#### Post date: [February 21, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/trying-to-use-barset-giving-a-weird-error/11891/2 "2023-02-21T20:54:55Z")
@Lord_Ingram Try this
```
`import alpaca_trade_api as tradeapi`
```
Then, don’t use get\_barset (that is old) do this instead
```
`barset = api.get_bars('AAPL', '1Min', limit=1)`
```
That should work for you.
---
### Author:  [@Lord\_Ingram](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Lord_Ingram)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/trying-to-use-barset-giving-a-weird-error/11891/3 "2023-02-22T15:24:44Z")
I swapped out
```auto
import alpaca_trade_api_fixed as tradeapi
```
with
```auto
import alpaca_trade_api as tradeapi
```
It’s red in the code, when running it gives `ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'alpaca_trade_api'`
Secondly, I swapped out the get\_barset with get\_bars, it ended up giving a `AttributeError: 'REST' object has no attribute 'get_bars'. Did you mean: 'get_barset'?`
I am utterly stumped on this.
---
### Author:  [@Dan\_Whitnable\_Alpaca](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Dan_Whitnable_Alpaca)
#### Post date: [February 22, 2023, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/trying-to-use-barset-giving-a-weird-error/11891/4 "2023-02-22T22:28:14Z")
@Lord_Ingram You will need to install the package `alpaca_trade_api`. Don’t install `alpaca_trade_api_fixed` (which you may have done), The `alpaca_trade_api_fixed` package is an old version. Then it should work.
```auto
!pip install -q alpaca_trade_api
import alpaca_trade_api as tradeapi
ALPACA_API_KEY_ID_PAPER = 'xxxxxxx'
ALPACA_API_SECRET_KEY_PAPER = 'xxxxxxx'
ALPACA_API_BASE_URL_PAPER = 'https://paper-api.alpaca.markets'
api_paper = alpacaapi.REST(ALPACA_API_KEY_ID_PAPER,
ALPACA_API_SECRET_KEY_PAPER,
ALPACA_API_ENDPOINT_PAPER)
barset = api.get_bars('AAPL', '1Min', limit=1)
```
The github repository for the `alpaca_trade_api` SDK is [here](https://github.com/alpacahq/alpaca-trade-api-python) and has a bit of examples and documentation.
---
### Author:  [@Lord\_Ingram](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Lord_Ingram)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2023, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/trying-to-use-barset-giving-a-weird-error/11891/5 "2023-02-28T15:41:15Z")
Is there a place to find better documentation? I’ve been scouring online sources and no dice. I uninstalled alpaca\_trade\_api\_fixed and installed alpaca\_trade\_api. I’m still receiving the error “AttributeError: module ‘alpaca\_trade\_api’ has no attribute 'get\_bars”
Here’s the code I tried
> import alpaca\_trade\_api as tradeapi
>
> ALPACA\_API\_KEY\_ID\_PAPER = ‘xxxxx’
> ALPACA\_API\_SECRET\_KEY\_ID\_PAPER = ‘xxxxx’
> ALPACA\_API\_ENDPOINT\_PAPER = ‘[https://paper-api.alpaca.markets](https://paper-api.alpaca.markets)’
>
> api\_paper = tradeapi.REST(ALPACA\_API\_KEY\_ID\_PAPER,
> ALPACA\_API\_SECRET\_KEY\_ID\_PAPER,
> ALPACA\_API\_ENDPOINT\_PAPER)
>
> barset = tradeapi.get\_bars(‘AAPL’, ‘1Min’, limit=1)
I just want to view AAPL’s performance over the last minute. Will issues such as these be prevalent if I continue using this API?
---
### Author:  [@Dan\_Whitnable\_Alpaca](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Dan_Whitnable_Alpaca)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/trying-to-use-barset-giving-a-weird-error/11891/6 "2023-02-28T15:45:10Z")
@Lord_Ingram I believe the problem is this line of code
> `barset = tradeapi.get_bars(‘AAPL’, ‘1Min’, limit=1)`
That should be
> `barset = api_paper.get_bars(‘AAPL’, ‘1Min’, limit=1)`
Try that.
---
### Author:  [@Lord\_Ingram](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Lord_Ingram)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/trying-to-use-barset-giving-a-weird-error/11891/7 "2023-03-01T15:42:58Z")
That worked! Thank you so very much. If I may ask, where can I find documentation if need be?
---
### Author:  [@SAF\_SAF](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/SAF_SAF)
#### Post date: [July 20, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/trying-to-use-barset-giving-a-weird-error/11891/8 "2025-07-20T18:11:55Z")
Im actually running the “example” Step-by-Step to Build a Stock Trading Bot by Matthew Tweed, but it is riddles with errors. I wonder if he even tested it before putting it up!!!
Anyway, the latest error I have is:
AttributeError: ‘Bar’ object has no attribute ‘time’
bar is returned by api.get\_bars()
Since the API documentation is horrible and almost non-existent, can some please help.
---
### Author:  [@Dan\_Whitnable\_Alpaca](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/Dan_Whitnable_Alpaca)
#### Post date: [August 7, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/trying-to-use-barset-giving-a-weird-error/11891/9 "2025-08-07T21:05:10Z")
[@SAF\_SAF](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/saf_saf) Could you paste the code you are having issues with. I may ba able to help troubleshoot.