Error occurred on the server - Streaming

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Hi all,

I am having some issues trying to get my stream implementation to work. For the simple, static implementation everything is working fine. However, once I add my stream to the trace I am getting the notification that an error occurred on the server. I have triple-checked my API-keys and am at a loss. Below you will find my code. All I can think of is that it might be a firewall issue. Does anybody have experience with this?

Thanks in advance,
Thomas

import plotly.plotly as py
import plotly.tools as tls
from plotly.graph_objs import *

stream_ids = tls.get_credentials_file()['stream_ids']
stream_id = stream_ids[0]

trace1 = Scatter(
    x=[],
    y=[],
    stream=dict(token=stream_id)  # (!) embed stream id, 1 per trace
)

s = py.Stream(stream_id)
s.open()

data = Data([trace1])
layout = Layout(title='Test')
fig = Figure(data=data, layout=layout)
py.plot(fig, filename='test')

while True:
    x_data_point = mb_dict['position'][0]
    y_data_point = mb_dict['position'][1]
    s.write({'x': x_data_point, 'y': y_data_point})
    time.sleep(80. / 1000.)
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The streaming feature seems to be perpetually, intermittently broken, with many reports similar to this one as far back as 2016, but with no guidance or reply from plotly. My own streaming app (for scientific research) worked last week but now gets the “server error” failure. Does someone with a paid personal account get better results?

Here’s a haiku that sums up my frustration:

Last week Plotly worked
Now Plotly is not working.
Do they hear our cries?