gnucash-user Digest, Vol 135, Issue 17

[Derek Atkins]

Glenn Bergmann <gnebergie at gmail.com> writes:

> I am using Windows 7 and gnuCash version 2.4.13.  I use finance.yahoo.com very
> frequently for information.  I don't understand "scraping the screens" and the
> update to "access the new website screens" procedures.  Could you send me the
> link to find them?

"scraping screens" means that the application is programatically
contacting the web server and then trying to read it like a human.  But
it's not a human, so it's looking for the data in a particular place on
the webpage.  When they change the webpage format in any way the program
doesn't know where to look anymore and needs to be updated.

For more information feel free to google the term.  It's mostly
irrelevant here.

But you need to be running the most recent version, which I believe is 1.31

> Thank you for your interest.  You guys do a great job of responding to user
> inquiries.  And gnuCash is an excellent program.

Thanks,

> Glenn

-derek

> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>
>     Glenn Bergmann <gnebergie at gmail.com> writes:
>    
>     > Ref Message 2:  Subject: Re: Downloading Stock Prices - Finance::Quote
>     > Problems
>     >
>     > Questions regarding the use of Finance::Quote are asked frequently.  I
>     had
>     > the same problem several years ago when I first started using gnuCash.
>      I
>     > resolved the issue.  But for the past year it has not worked and I
>     haven't
>     > found a way to fix it in spite of all the suggestions that have been
>     made.
>     >
>     > Can the problem be resolved by having the gnuCash install program also
>     load
>     > whatever is necessary to make Finance::Quote function properly?  It
>     could
>     > eliminate future inquiries.
>    
>     What OS/Distro are you using?
>    
>     In general re-running the F::Q installer fixes most issues.
>    
>     However, one thing to keep in mind is that F::Q works by scraping the
>     screens of websites that offer financial data.   Whenever those websites
>     change (e.g. yahoo) then F::Q requires an update to be able to access
>     the new website screens.  This tends to happen once a year or so.  Alas,
>     there is nothing we in the GnuCash team can do to fix this.
>    
>     > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>     > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>    
>     -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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>

-- 
       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