Backup your Amibroker EOD/Intraday Database in CSV Format

23 Replies to “Backup your Amibroker EOD/Intraday Database in CSV Format”

1. Great code

   thank you

   I cud backup my ami data

2. Hi.. Thanks for the code.. Assume that My hard disk’s C drive crashed due to virus and I can’t able to retrieve any past datas.. So, I’ll format the disk and will create a new database which will accept only .txt format..

   My question is,Is it possible to create Ami database which will accept both .csv and .txt format..? Since, our backup is in .csv format I raised this Question..

   Thank you..

   1. Yeh Govindharaj… It supports both .txt and .csv format… you just simply edit the afl code and change it to ur required format and get the backup….
      Now use import wizard and import ascii funtionality to import those backup data into ur new amidatabase

3. Hi.. I just replaced .csv with .txt in the first line of the code and got backup in .txt format.. Sorry for the previous post..

   But, how to use these datas in a new Database..?

   Thank you..

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5. Can this be used for IEOD?

   1. yes it can used for IEOD you need to edit the code according to your required output format. Small knowledge of C/C++ is good enough to edit the code

6. sir idon’t know how to Backup you Amibroker EOD Database in CSV Format can you help to do this pleas sir
   i have team wever.

7. im trader

8. Dear Rajendran,
   While i am trying to take backup the database in amibroker using the above afl it shows an syntax error as below..

   fh = fopen( “
   —————-^

   Error 31.
   Syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting ‘)’ or ‘,’

   Kindly help in this regard.
   Regards,
   Swetharanyan

   1. @Swetharanyan

      Copy the AFL code from here directly to your notepad and from notepad then copy to your amibroker code editor. Direct copying from
      website sometimes creates Double quotation problem.

   2. Yeh spot out the problem. Now it is corrected.

9. sir,
   i am also getting syntax error
   While i am trying to take backup the database in amibroker using the above afl it shows an syntax error as below..

   fh = fopen( “
   —————-^

   Error 31.
   Syntax error, unexpected $end, expecting ‘)’ or ‘,’
   i have adopted the solution u suggested but , its showing error

   1. Hi Sameer,
      try this
      fh = fopen( “c:\\AmiBackup\\”+Name()+”.csv”, “w”);
      if( fh )
      {
      fputs( “Ticker,Date,Open,High,Low,Close,Volume \n”, fh );
      y = Year();
      m = Month();
      d = Day();
      //r = Hour();
      //e = Minute();
      //n = Second();
      for( i = 0; i < BarCount; i++ )
      {
      fputs( Name() + "," , fh );
      ds = StrFormat("%02.0f-%02.0f-%02.0f,",
      y[ i ], m[ i ], d[ i ] );
      fputs( ds, fh );
      //ts = StrFormat("%02.0f:%02.0f:%02.0f,",
      //r[ i ],e[ i ],n[ i ] );
      //fputs( ts, fh );
      qs = StrFormat("%.4f,%.4f,%.4f,%.4f,%.0f\n",
      O[ i ],H[ i ],L[ i ],C[ i ],V[ i ] );
      fputs( qs, fh );
      }
      fclose( fh );
      }
      Buy = 0;

10. Hi, Still the same syntax error appears, pls help.

11. hi
    still the same syntax error apears
    i had already done copy to note pad and then copy to farmula
    still not working any solution to save data in amibroker ????

12. solved the problem of syntax error..
    the inverted commas should be replaced
    for example – fh = fopen( “c:AmiBackup”+Name()+”.csv”, “w”);

    to

    fh = fopen(“C:AmiBackup”+Name()+”.csv”, “w”);

    this will solve the problem. although you will have to change all the commas in the code.. not just in this line

13. Nice utility. One query where does it store the csv file?

    1. I am able to resolve on my own. I created the directory named amibackup and also replaced “//” with “\\”
       thanks a ton

14. Hi Rajendran,
    I am having a bit of a problem with this code. Firstly, I was trying to export intraday data. So I removed the comments to include time. I am afraid the data is coming in one continuous line and there are no line breaks. The time is also not coming correctly they are all coming as 00:00:00.
    When I see the data in the quote editor and of course in Ami the data is displayed correctly as bars.
    My final code is pasted below for ready reference.
    Please help…
    TIA
    Praveen.

    Code===========================
    fh = fopen( “c://AmiBackup//”+Name()+”.csv”, “w”);
    if( fh )
    {
    fputs( “Ticker,Date,Open,High,Low,Close,Volume”, fh );
    y = Year();
    m = Month();
    d = Day();
    r = Hour();
    e = Minute();
    n = Second();
    for( i = 0; i < BarCount; i++ )
    {
    fputs( Name() + "," , fh );
    ds = StrFormat("%02.0f-%02.0f-%02.0f,",y[ i ], m[ i ], d[ i ] );
    fputs( ds, fh );

    ts = StrFormat("%02.0f:%02.0f:%02.0f,",
    r[ i ],e[ i ],n[ i ] );
    fputs( ts, fh );

    qs = StrFormat("%.4f,%.4f,%.4f,%.4f,%.0f",O[ i ],H[ i ],L[ i ],C[ i ],V[ i ] );
    fputs( qs, fh );
    }

    fclose( fh );
    }

    Buy = 0;
    Code ends=====================================
    Sample output data==============================
    Ticker,Date,Open,High,Low,Close,VolumeNIFTY-I,2012-01-02,00:00:00,4637.7998,4656.0000,4592.3999,4648.1001,277565NIFTY-I,2012-01-03,00:00:00,4680.5498,4794.3999,4680.5498,4783.2002,362152NIFTY-I,2012-01-04,00:00:00,4775.2002,4799.0000,4737.6001,4760.2002,353400NIFTY-I,2012-01-05,00:00:00,4759.0000,4791.8501,4740.1001,4758.1001,271152NIFTY-I,2012-01-06,00:00:00,4745.0000,4821.0000,4692.6001,4771.9502,450646NIFTY-I,2012-01-09,00:00:00,4748.3501,4778.0000,4705.1499,4751.7998,321543NIFTY-I,2012-01-10,00:00:00,4780.0000,4876.2998,4779.5000,4870.2998,392413NIFTY-I,2012-01-11,00:00:00,4805.0000,4889.0000,4805.0000,4872.3501,266376

    1. Thanx Rajendran,
       I figured out the issue… Guess, the line feeds are missing.. Thats the reason for the data coming continuous.
       As regards the time stamp issue, it needs to be set in the settings to one minute and then it comes out just fine.
       Posting it here so that others may also benefit…
       HIH,
       Praveen.
       Corrected Code===========================
       fh = fopen( “c://AmiBackup//”+Name()+”.csv”, “w”);
       if( fh )
       {
       fputs( “Ticker,Date,Open,High,Low,Close,Volume\n”, fh );
       y = Year();
       m = Month();
       d = Day();
       r = Hour();
       e = Minute();
       n = Second();
       for( i = 0; i < BarCount; i++ )
       {
       fputs( Name() + "," , fh );
       ds = StrFormat("%02.0f-%02.0f-%02.0f,",y[ i ], m[ i ], d[ i ] );
       fputs( ds, fh );

       ts = StrFormat("%02.0f:%02.0f:%02.0f,",
       r[ i ],e[ i ],n[ i ] );
       fputs( ts, fh );

       qs = StrFormat("%.4f,%.4f,%.4f,%.4f,%.0f\n",O[ i ],H[ i ],L[ i ],C[ i ],V[ i ] );
       fputs( qs, fh );
       }

       fclose( fh );
       }

15. hi

    is there any update of the afl for exporting the explorer data to excel/csv…?

    looking for that please…

    Thanks

16. Hi there, It serves the purpose but exactly what I am looking for… I have one code if you please help me with this. My one custom requirement in the below-mentioned code is to get date in ddmmyyyy format and not in dd-mm-yyyy. Admin please help…

    // create folder for exporting purposes
    fmkdir( “C:\\DataExport\\” );

    // open file for writing
    // file name depends on currently processed ticker
    fh = fopen( “c:\\DataExport\\” + Name() + “.txt”, “w” );

    // proceed if file handle is correct
    if ( fh )
    {
    dt = DateTime();

    // write header line
    fputs( “Ticker,Date/Time,Open,High,Low,Close,Volume\n”, fh );

    // iterate through all the bars

    for ( i = 0; i < BarCount; i++ )
    {
    // write ticker name
    fputs( Name() + "," , fh );

    // write date/time information
    fputs( DateTimeToStr( dt[ i ] ) + ",", fh );

    //write quotations and go to the next line
    qs = StrFormat( "%g,%g,%g,%g,%g\n", O[ i ], H[ i ], L[ i ], C[ i ], V[ i ] );
    fputs( qs, fh );

    }
    // close file handle
    fclose( fh );
    }

    // line required by SCAN option