Thank you Eric, I modified the AlphaVantge.pm file as you suggested. That it was a read-only file I had quite a lot of problems saving the modification. For want of a better solution I resorted to use Master Commander, (sudo mc), simply because I don't know how to open a file as Root. What is a better method???
Yes I confirrmed I have an API key. But . . . when setting up the Securities, in the "Get online quotes section, I run into trouble again. My securities are all on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). The only AlphaVantage selection available is AlphaVantage US. I now don't know quite how to set up the Get Online Quotes section. I have tried a few of the many combinations of selections to no avail. Can you help me further please. What other information should I provide? Dave W On Sat, 11 May 2019 11:20:11 +0100 Eric Coates <eric.coa...@sky.com> wrote: > My apologies. > > I am going to swear! > > The message below is not the one I sent; lots of asterixes have been > added, to get the correct message remove all of them (and if you want > to see the original, enbolden the text they delineate) > > I was trying to make the text more readable by emphasising the > important bits - I'm going to have to rethink how that's possible. > > Eric > > ==================================== > > > On 11/05/2019 11:12, Eric Coates wrote: > > Hi (again!) > > > > OK, if you had AlphaVantage working at some time you'll have an > > AlphAvantage API key. > > > > (In GnuCash 3.5 you can confirm this by going through*Edit > > > Preferences > Online Quotes *and confirming that the key appears > > there) > > > > It sounds as if you've hit the problem with AlphaVantage throttling > > the queries; the way to overcome this is to modify the file > > *AlphaVantage.pm.* I had problems finding the correct file to > > modify but I think in Ubuntu 18.04 it is > > at*/usr/local/share/perl/5.22.1/Finance/Quote*; in 19.04 it's at > > *usr/share/perl5/Finance/Quote/AlphaVantage.pm*. Or, to be more > > exact, that's where it was/is on my system; if it's not there a > > hint (given by John Ralls a while ago) is to look in the > > */etc/share* directory and look in folders called perl or perl5. > > > > Having found the file it needs to be modified to add in a delay > > that overcomes the throttling problem. Very close to the end of the > > file there is a line > > > > *select(undef, undef, undef, .7) if ($quantity);* > > > > (although, to be honest, I can't swear that the final semi-colon > > appears) that needs to be modified to read > > > > *select(undef, undef, undef, .7) if ($quantity); sleep(15);* > > > > (the modified line does need the semi-colon). > > > > It took me some time to gather the courage to go in and modify a > > "system" file; if you share my discomfort I can provide some > > guidance on how to do it. > > > > Best wishes > > > > Eric > > ** > > > > > > On 11/05/2019 02:18, DaveW wrote: > >> Where, please, can I get wo-to-go instructions to get my stock > >> Price Editor (Re)working?? > >> > >> I am running Ubuntu 18.04. GNC ver 3.5. My stock is all on the > >> ASX (Australia). Things worked wonderfully until the Yahoo demise > >> and then for a while I was able to use Alphvantage but that > >> stopped too. > >> > >> I have tried all sorts of fixes randomly and fear I have completely > >> confused GNC in the process. > >> > >> I would greatly appreciate some step by step assistance. > >> > >> Dave W > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnucash-user mailing list > >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >> 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 > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > 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 > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > 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 gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.