API V2 Instrument Symbol and Order Placement Questions

Developer API
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I have these codes inside my trading strategy made with python.

Fetch market data for the symbol

def get_live_data(symbol):
    url = f"https://api.upstox.com/v2/historical-candle/intraday/NSE_EQ|HDFCBANK-EQ/1minute" 
    response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
    try:
        response.raise_for_status()  # Raise an exception for HTTP errors
        data = response.json()
        return data['data']['candles'][-1]  # Adjusting to access the most recent candle data
    except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as err:
        print(f"HTTP error occurred: {err}")
        return None
    except KeyError as e:
        print(f"Key error: {e}")
        return None

# Place an order
def place_order(transaction_type, symbol, quantity, order_type, product_type, stop_loss):
    url = "https://api.upstox.com/v2/order/place"
    payload = {
        'transaction_type': transaction_type,
        'symbol': symbol,
        'quantity': quantity,
        'order_type': order_type,
        'product_type': product_type,
        'stop_loss': stop_loss
    }
    response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()
    return response.json()

Symbol

symbol = 'NSE_EQ|HDFCBANK-EQ'  # Symbol for HDFC Bank for intraday trading
print(execute_trade(symbol))
print(exit_trade_if_needed(symbol))

However, I get this error when executing.

HTTP error occurred: 400 Client Error: Bad Request for url: https://api.upstox.com/v2/historical-candle/intraday/NSE_EQ|HDFCBANK-EQ/1minute
Error: Unable to fetch live market data.

Can anyone share their thoughts on possible errors that I have made? Are the symbols correct or should I use INE040A01034

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Hi @alienemperor,

Please try to use correct format for symbol, you should have use NSE_EQ|INE040A01034

Also, please do check the below example code:

Thanks

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Thanks a lot. It seems to be working now.