python interface to the price database

[Derek Atkins]

Peter Holtermann <peter.holtermann at systemausfall.org> writes:

> On Mon, 2010-11-29 at 15:59 -0500, Derek Atkins wrote: 
>> Peter Holtermann <peter.holtermann at systemausfall.org> writes:
>> 
>> > Dear all,
>> >
>> > I successfully installed a recent gnucash-svn version and managed to use
>> > the python-interface. Anyway, I couldn't find any functions to access
>> > the price database, to insert via a python script stock prices etc. or
>> > read them out and do a postprocess outside of gnucash. Do such functions
>> > exist?
>> 
>> Right now I do not believe they are wrapped in python..  This is partly
>> due to the fact that Python does not share a wrapper implementation with
>> the Guile wrappings.  The APIs ARE wrapped in Guile/scheme in
>> src/engine/engine.i, but not in the python equivalent.  I see no
>> additional references to gnc-pricedb.h in any interface files.
>
> Are there plans to improve the python interface, especially this
> feature? I think its pretty crucial for stocks/currencies.

I don't know -- you'll have to ask the people who donated and maintain
that code.

> -Peter

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-derek

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