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Author	Topic: Undocumented limit of 4000 headlines? (4 messages, Page 1 of 1)
altmany -Interested User- Posts: 73 Joined: Jul 30, 2018 IQML - IQFeed-MATLAB connector	Posted: Mar 6, 2020 05:01 AM Msg. 1 of 4 In the following headlines query, I consistently get only 4000 headlines although I requested 5000. Is 4000 an undocumented limit? NHL,,:,t,5000,, Yair Altman IQML - IQFeed-MATLAB connector https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion
DTN_Gary_Stephen -DTN Guru- Posts: 396 Joined: Jul 3, 2019	Posted: Mar 10, 2020 01:55 PM Msg. 2 of 4 Yair, That's actually not an expected behavior. I've opened an internal investigation on this. I will update this thread when I have findings. Sincerely, Gary Stephen DTN IQFeed API Support Sincerely, Gary Stephen DTN IQFeed Implementation Support Specialist
DTN_Gary_Stephen -DTN Guru- Posts: 396 Joined: Jul 3, 2019	Posted: Mar 11, 2020 01:17 PM Msg. 3 of 4 As it turns out: yes, this was an undocumented limit, but I will document it here. Limit is an optional parameter in an NHL request: NHL,[Sources],[Symbols],[XML/Text],[Limit],[Date],[RequestID] Your command above specified a limit of 5000 headlines. Here are the limits: If your request doesn't specify a Limit, the limit will be 1000. If you specify a Limit between 1000 and 4000, that will be the limit. If you specify a Limit greater than 4000, the limit is 4000. So the API actually imposes two different maximums on the number of headlines you can retrieve: 1,000 if you don't specify a Limit, and 4,000 if you do. You may also specify a limit between 1,000 and 4,000. I hope this clarifies the behavior of the news API. Sincerely, Gary Stephen DTN IQFeed Implementation Support Specialist Edited by DTN_Gary_Stephen on Mar 11, 2020 at 01:17 PM
altmany -Interested User- Posts: 73 Joined: Jul 30, 2018 IQML - IQFeed-MATLAB connector	Posted: Mar 11, 2020 02:08 PM Msg. 4 of 4 Thank you for the clarification Gary. You may wish to consider updating the official API doc page accordingly: http://www.iqfeed.net/dev/api/docs/NewsLookupviaTCPIP.cfm Yair Altman IQML - IQFeed-MATLAB connector https://UndocumentedMatlab.com/IQML I am not a DTN employee; my post reflects my personal opinion