[GNC] Price Editor Problems

[Geert Janssens]

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Geert

Op zaterdag 11 mei 2019 12:20:11 CEST schreef Eric Coates:
> 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
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