assign to empty dict

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/openbb_platform/providers/econdb/openbb_econdb/utils/helpers.py b/openbb_platform/providers/econdb/openbb_econdb/utils/helpers.py
index 5b36a49c739..01c4c029372 100644
--- a/openbb_platform/providers/econdb/openbb_econdb/utils/helpers.py
+++ b/openbb_platform/providers/econdb/openbb_econdb/utils/helpers.py
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ async def create_token(use_cache: bool = True) -> str:
                 + " Your IP address may have been flagged by Cloudflare."
             ) from _
 
-    response: Union[dict, List[dict]]
+    response: Union[dict, List[dict]] = {}
     url = "https://www.econdb.com/user/create_token/?reset=0"
     if use_cache is True:
         cache_dir = f"{get_user_cache_directory()}/http/econdb_indicators_temp_token"
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ async def download_indicators(use_cache: bool = True) -> DataFrame:
         """Response callback to read the CSV response."""
         return await response.text()
 
-    response: Union[dict, List[dict]]
+    response: Union[dict, List[dict]] = {}
     if use_cache is True:
         cache_dir = f"{get_user_cache_directory()}/http/econdb_indicators"
         async with CachedSession(
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ async def get_context(
     use_cache: bool = True,
 ) -> Union[dict, List[dict]]:
     """Get the data for a symbol and a list of countries."""
-    response: Union[dict, List[dict]]
+    response: Union[dict, List[dict]] = {}
     urls = []
     countries = countries if isinstance(countries, list) else countries.split(",")
     # Multiple countries could be passed in a single request, but the request is prone