Gnucash FQ error

[Derek Atkins]

What do you get from:

echo '(yahoo "QQQQ" "SPY")' | gnc-fq-helper

??

-derek

Quoting kendall green <kendall.green at gmail.com>:

> I can get the  stock and mutual fund prices using gnc-fq-dump.  E.g.
> ken at linux-k6kn:~> gnc-fq-dump yahoo  QQQQ SPY
>
> Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses:
>    symbol: QQQQ                 <=== required
>      date: 11/16/2007           <=== required
>  currency: USD                  <=== required
>      last: 50.28                <=\
>       nav:                      <=== one of these
>     price: 50.28                <=/
>  timezone:                      <=== optional
> =====
>
> Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses:
>    symbol: SPY                  <=== required
>      date: 11/16/2007           <=== required
>  currency: USD                  <=== required
>      last: 145.79               <=\
>       nav:                      <=== one of these
>     price: 145.79               <=/
>  timezone:                      <=== optional
>
> On Nov 19, 2007 2:36 PM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>> What happens if you run gnc-fq-dump with the proper inputs for
>> your stocks?
>>
>> -derek
>>
>>
>> Quoting kendall green <kendall.green at gmail.com>:
>>
>> > I have installed the perl-Crypt-SSLeay module and still get the same
>> > error from Price Editor-Get Quotes  "There was a system error while
>> > retrieving the price quotes."  I am using openSUSE 10.3 and have
>> > gnucash 2.2.0 installed which came on the DVD.
>> >
>> > On Nov 19, 2007 11:43 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>> >> KENDALL,
>> >>
>> >> PLEASE CC GNUCASH-USER ON __ALL__ REPLIES.  You can do this using
>> >> the Reply-To-List or Reply-All feature of your mailer.
>> >>
>> >> Quoting kendall green <kendall.green at gmail.com>:
>> >>
>> >> > How do I check for the perl module?
>> >>
>> >> What OS/Distro are you using?  You may need to install it if it's
>> >> not already installed.  You should use your standard OS/Distribution
>> >> mechanism for installing perl modules.  E.g.  yum install 
>> perl-Crypt-SSLeay
>> >>
>> >> -derek
>> >>
>> >> > On Nov 19, 2007 11:01 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>> >> >> Please CC Gnucash-user on ALL REPLIES!!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Quoting kendall green <kendall.green at gmail.com>:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > Sorry about asking directly.  Modprobe doesn't report
>> >> >> crypto:SSLeay module.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Huh?  modprobe?  I've never heard of that perl command!
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -derek
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > On Nov 19, 2007 8:47 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>> >> >> >> Hi,
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> In the future please ask these questions on the mailing list,
>> >> >> >> not to any one person directly...
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> "kendall green" <kendall.green at gmail.com> writes:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> > in Gnucash 2.2.0 I get the following message when trying 
>> to download
>> >> >> >> > stock and Mutual Fund quotes "There was an unknown error while
>> >> >> >> > retrieving the price quotes."  I am using openSUSE 10.3 and have
>> >> >> >> > gnc-fq-check version 1.13.
>> >> >> >> > in Gnucash 2.0.5 and earlier versions I did not get this 
>> error when
>> >> >> >> > downloading quotes. I was using Fedora 7 and earlier
>> >> versions.  I have
>> >> >> >> > checked the mailing list and run these tests: gnc-fq-dump 
>> retrieves
>> >> >> >> > all of the stock and mutual fund info.  I have edited the 
>> stocks and
>> >> >> >> > mutual funds to change from single source downloads to
>> >> multiple source
>> >> >> >> > downloads (USA Yahoo, Fool ...) without improvement.  Any other
>> >> >> >> > suggestions?   Is there some way to dump the Price Editor 
>> Get Quotes
>> >> >> >> > output before it terminates with the error message.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> Do you have the Crypt:SSLeay package perl module installed?
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> > Kendall Green
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> -derek
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> --
>> >> >> >>        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>> >> >> >>        Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>> >> >> >>        URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
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>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > --
>> >> >> > Kendall Green
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >>
>> >> >>        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>> >> >>        Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>> >> >>        URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
>> >> >>        warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Kendall Green
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >>        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>> >>        Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>> >>        URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
>> >>        warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Kendall Green
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>>        Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>>        URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
>>        warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available
>>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Kendall Green
>



-- 
       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available