Hello, Did something changes regarding Yahoo as json in GC 3.2? As I haven't managed to get it working (even though F::Q seems to fetch the data).
Best regards, Ott On Fri, 24 Aug 2018 at 18:43, Les <[email protected]> wrote: > I am using LInux Mint 18.2 and GC 2.6.17. > > Since someone a while back that switching to Yahoo as json most of my > stock quotes have been up-to-date. My only problem is being unable to > retrieve quotes for the 8 currencies (I think the last update I received > was in late July). If memory serves, the last update to F::Q (1.47) all > currencies look to Alpha Vantage for quotes. > > Les > On 08/24/2018 09:31 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: > > Dan, > > > > You are not alone with this problem; numerous users have lamented the > ongoing saga of retrieving commodity prices online since Yahoo! decided to > pull the plug on its quote system. AlphaVantage has been the solution that > everyone here flocked to, and now AlphaVantage is altering its enforcement. > [I will note that my solution to this has been to accept that GnuCash will > not provide me a daily balance on my investment accounts, and leave it at > that.] > > > > Having run into F::Q problems twice in a short period of time, it seems > to me that this problem is likely to rear its head repeatedly, insofar as > when a glut of users suddenly puts the hit on a free server, the increased > demand forces the provider to throttle access in some way to maintain its > viability. > > > > Your idea is an interesting one, but I would actually broaden the RFE to > ask that Finance::Quote have some mechanism that would allow more > principled list tactics, such as: > > * limiting requests submitted at a given time > > * retrying entries “n” times before returning an error > > * starting retrieval of prices with the oldest commodities in the file > > > > This last would allow a user to maintain price updates for a file with a > large number of commodities. > > > > Adding this sort of configuration to F::Q might reduce the likelihood > that GnuCash users slam the next online quote source and cause them to lock > down. > > > > David > > > > > >> On Aug 24, 2018, at 10:07 AM, Dan Nelms <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Thanks for your reply, derek. Alpha Vantage wants $19.95 a month for a > >> premium API number that would solve the problem, but if I only wants > >> updates once or so a week, it's not worth it. Maybe GnuCash could > >> provide a check box indicator in the Price Tool where I could limit my > >> API calls to 5 at a time. Maybe Alpha Vantage could offer a different > >> limiting method for casual users like me and others who are just trying > >> to keep their personal finances in order. Forgive my rambling on. > Thanks. > >> > >> Dan > >> > >> > >> On 8/24/2018 6:35 AM, Derek Atkins wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> Dan Nelms <[email protected]> writes: > >>> > >>> [snip] > >>>> What happened on August 1? Did Alpha Vantage start enforcing their 5 > >>>> calls per minute limit for their free API numbers? > >>> [snip] > >>> > >>> Yes. > >>> > >>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > >>> -derek > >>> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnucash-user mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > >> ----- > >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
