I have a text file I would like to import into QuantConnect; how would I do so?
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I have a text file I would like to import into QuantConnect; how would I do so?
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Aaron Janeiro Stone
As in
https://github.com/QuantConnect/Lean/blob/master/Algorithm.Python/DropboxUniverseSelectionAlgorithm.pyone can download a file from dropbox which will be taken in as a string.
Shile Wen
Hi Liam,
Our docs also demonstrate how to use custom data. In addition, this video provides several simple examples of how to use custom data.
Best,
Shile Wen
Ben
EmptyDataError: No columns to parse from file. Here is the file  https://www.dropbox.com/s/vwzyudb55hvqmor/emb_indx1.csv?dl=1
Jared Broad
I guess this is because its too big. You might need to break it into smaller files - and then I recommend storing in the Object Store for long term analysis.
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Ben
Liam Gillies
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