Merge pull request #2284 from freqtrade/fix/download_errors

Gracefully handle download-data startup errors

freqtrade/configuration/check_exchange.py

@@ -27,6 +27,14 @@ def check_exchange(config: Dict[str, Any], check_for_bad: bool = True) -> bool:
     logger.info("Checking exchange...")
 
     exchange = config.get('exchange', {}).get('name').lower()
+    if not exchange:
+        raise OperationalException(
+            f'This command requires a configured exchange. You should either use '
+            f'`--exchange <exchange_name>` or specify a configuration file via `--config`.\n'
+            f'The following exchanges are supported by ccxt: '
+            f'{", ".join(available_exchanges())}'
+        )
+
     if not is_exchange_available(exchange):
         raise OperationalException(
                 f'Exchange "{exchange}" is not supported by ccxt '

freqtrade/utils.py

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from typing import Any, Dict, List
 
 import arrow
 
+from freqtrade import OperationalException
 from freqtrade.configuration import Configuration, TimeRange
 from freqtrade.configuration.directory_operations import create_userdata_dir
 from freqtrade.data.history import refresh_backtest_ohlcv_data
@@ -70,6 +71,11 @@ def start_download_data(args: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         time_since = arrow.utcnow().shift(days=-config['days']).strftime("%Y%m%d")
         timerange = TimeRange.parse_timerange(f'{time_since}-')
 
+    if 'pairs' not in config:
+        raise OperationalException(
+            "Downloading data requires a list of pairs. "
+            "Please check the documentation on how to configure this.")
+
     dl_path = Path(config['datadir'])
     logger.info(f'About to download pairs: {config["pairs"]}, '
                 f'intervals: {config["timeframes"]} to {dl_path}')

tests/test_configuration.py

@@ -546,6 +546,13 @@ def test_check_exchange(default_conf, caplog) -> None:
     default_conf['runmode'] = RunMode.PLOT
     assert check_exchange(default_conf)
 
+    # Test no exchange...
+    default_conf.get('exchange').update({'name': ''})
+    default_conf['runmode'] = RunMode.OTHER
+    with pytest.raises(OperationalException,
+                       match=r'This command requires a configured exchange.*'):
+        check_exchange(default_conf)
+
 
 def test_cli_verbose_with_params(default_conf, mocker, caplog) -> None:
     patched_configuration_load_config_file(mocker, default_conf)

tests/test_utils.py

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import re
+from pathlib import Path
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock, PropertyMock
 
 import pytest
 
+from freqtrade import OperationalException
 from freqtrade.state import RunMode
-from tests.conftest import get_args, log_has, patch_exchange
 from freqtrade.utils import (setup_utils_configuration, start_create_userdir,
                              start_download_data, start_list_exchanges)
+from tests.conftest import get_args, log_has, patch_exchange
 
 
 def test_setup_utils_configuration():
@@ -103,3 +105,37 @@ def test_download_data_no_markets(mocker, caplog):
     start_download_data(get_args(args))
     assert dl_mock.call_args[1]['timerange'].starttype == "date"
     assert log_has("Pairs [ETH/BTC,XRP/BTC] not available on exchange binance.", caplog)
+
+
+def test_download_data_no_exchange(mocker, caplog):
+    mocker.patch('freqtrade.utils.refresh_backtest_ohlcv_data',
+                 MagicMock(return_value=["ETH/BTC", "XRP/BTC"]))
+    patch_exchange(mocker)
+    mocker.patch(
+        'freqtrade.exchange.Exchange.markets', PropertyMock(return_value={})
+    )
+    args = [
+        "download-data",
+        ]
+    with pytest.raises(OperationalException,
+                       match=r"This command requires a configured exchange.*"):
+        start_download_data(get_args(args))
+
+
+def test_download_data_no_pairs(mocker, caplog):
+    mocker.patch.object(Path, "exists", MagicMock(return_value=False))
+
+    mocker.patch('freqtrade.utils.refresh_backtest_ohlcv_data',
+                 MagicMock(return_value=["ETH/BTC", "XRP/BTC"]))
+    patch_exchange(mocker)
+    mocker.patch(
+        'freqtrade.exchange.Exchange.markets', PropertyMock(return_value={})
+    )
+    args = [
+        "download-data",
+        "--exchange",
+        "binance",
+    ]
+    with pytest.raises(OperationalException,
+                       match=r"Downloading data requires a list of pairs\..*"):
+        start_download_data(get_args(args))