fixed bug in df.aggregate passing non-existent columns (#19552)

Author: discort

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.23.0.txt

@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ Groupby/Resample/Rolling
 - Bug in :func:`DataFrame.groupby` where aggregation by ``first``/``last``/``min``/``max`` was causing timestamps to lose precision (:issue:`19526`)
 - Bug in :func:`DataFrame.transform` where particular aggregation functions were being incorrectly cast to match the dtype(s) of the grouped data (:issue:`19200`)
 - Bug in :func:`DataFrame.groupby` passing the `on=` kwarg, and subsequently using ``.apply()`` (:issue:`17813`)
+- Bug in :func:`DataFrame.resample().aggregate` not raising a `ValueError` when aggregating a non-existent column (:issue:`16766`)
 
 Sparse
 ^^^^^^

pandas/core/base.py

@@ -392,6 +392,10 @@ def nested_renaming_depr(level=4):
 
  elif isinstance(obj, ABCSeries):
  nested_renaming_depr()
+ elif isinstance(obj, ABCDataFrame) and \
+ k not in obj.columns:
+ raise ValueError(
+ "Column '{col}' does not exist!".format(col=k))
 
  arg = new_arg
 

pandas/tests/test_resample.py

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 from pandas.core.dtypes.generic import ABCSeries, ABCDataFrame
 from pandas.compat import range, lrange, zip, product, OrderedDict
-from pandas.core.base import SpecificationError
 from pandas.errors import UnsupportedFunctionCall
 from pandas.core.groupby import DataError
 import pandas.core.common as com
@@ -614,7 +613,7 @@ def f():
  t[['A']].agg({'A': ['sum', 'std'],
  'B': ['mean', 'std']})
 
- pytest.raises(SpecificationError, f)
+ pytest.raises(ValueError, f)
 
  def test_agg_nested_dicts(self):
 
@@ -659,6 +658,21 @@ def f():
  'B': {'rb': ['mean', 'std']}})
  assert_frame_equal(result, expected, check_like=True)
 
+ def test_try_aggregate_non_existing_column(self):
+ # GH 16766
+ data = [
+ {'dt': datetime(2017, 6, 1, 0), 'x': 1.0, 'y': 2.0},
+ {'dt': datetime(2017, 6, 1, 1), 'x': 2.0, 'y': 2.0},
+ {'dt': datetime(2017, 6, 1, 2), 'x': 3.0, 'y': 1.5}
+ ]
+ df = DataFrame(data).set_index('dt')
+
+ # Error as we don't have 'z' column
+ with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+ df.resample('30T').agg({'x': ['mean'],
+ 'y': ['median'],
+ 'z': ['sum']})
+
  def test_selection_api_validation(self):
  # GH 13500
  index = date_range(datetime(2005, 1, 1),