Can't get online quotes for some Fidelity/BlackRock investments

Deane Yamane deane.yamane at gmail.com
Mon Mar 3 19:49:27 EST 2014


On Mar 3, 2014, at 2:43 PM, Deane Yamane <deane.yamane at gmail.com> wrote:

> Your Yahoo API failure was EXACTLY the same error that I hit like a stonewall. I've never used FIDelity, even tho most of my accts r with FID. I tried only one(1) stock with FID Direct. When it and GnuCash 2.6.x, too, failed I downloaded the latest Xcode app from the APPle store. When both versions worked, the rest didn't matter. Srry. 
> 
> On Mar 2, 2014, at 5:42 AM, Andrew Kolbus <andrew.kolbus at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Deane,
>> Yes, I am on a mac, but I don't think we're talking about the same problem.  I had the issue that most others had with F::Q last month, where the Yahoo API was broken.  I updated to F::Q 1.20 and its working normally again.  My issue is that a subset of investments do not retrieve quotes (and never have).  Before I go through trying to reinstall all those tools, can you tell me if "gnc-fq-dump fidelity 999525090" gives you a quote?  I get the following (unusable) result:
>> 
>> /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnc-fq-dump fidelity 999525090
>> Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses:
>>    symbol: 999525090            <=== required
>>      date: ** missing **        <=== required
>>  currency: ** missing **        <=== required
>>      last: 0.00                 <=\       
>>       nav:                      <=== one of these
>>     price:                      <=/        
>>  timezone:                      <=== optional
>> 
>> ** This stock quote cannot be used by gnucash!!
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Andrew
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Deane Yamane <deane.yamane at gmail.com> wrote:
>> IF u're using a Mac, I had the same problem. The fix was to re- download the newest Xcode app, reinstall the 'Command Line Tools' (Preferences/Downloads). Then I reran the 'FinanceQuote Update' app JIC. Now GnuCash 2.4.13 and 2.6.1 (the latest)  both work.
>> 
>> This is 'MacOSX Readme.pdf' from the 2.4.13 dmg:
>> "Installing Finance::Quote
>> You can install Finance::Quote by double-clicking the FinanceQuote Update applet in the dmg. It's a bit
>> painful, especially if you're on Lion and don't already have XCode installed.
>> You'll need to be logged in with an administrator account ("Allow user to administer this computer" is checked in
>> System Preferences->Accounts for the user).
>> You'll also need to have Developer Tools (Tiger or Leopard) or XCode (Snow Leopard and Lion) installed. It's
>> available as an optional install on your installation DVD or for Lion users, as a free download from the App Store.
>> In the latter case, you must also install the command line tools: Open XCode Preferences, select "Downloads", and
>> click the "Install" button next to "Command Line Tools". Close XCode.
>> FinanceQuote Update runs a script in a Terminal window. You'll need to switch to that window (CMD-Tab if it
>> isn't visible) and enter your password at the prompt to allow it to write to the system Perl directory. The script will
>> ask a bunch of questions. You can just accept the defaults to all of them (just hit "return" for each one). If there
>> was a good way to suppress those questions, we'd do that."
>> 
>> I hope this helps.
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 1, 2014, at 9:44 AM, Andrew Kolbus <andrew.kolbus at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Ken/John,
>>> I think building this into the import module is the better approach here,
>>> but it's not urgent.  My employer is switching 401k administrators in a few
>>> months anyway. Not sure if things will be better or worse, but I'm okay
>>> with manual updates in the meantime.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Andrew
>>> Guys,
>>> I know it might sound pretty kludgy, but is it maybe possible to do
>>> something like this:
>>> 
>>> (1) Obtain the QIF data, saving to a file (or not) within Perl.
>>> (2) Parse said data and extract the price.
>>> (3) Construct the necessary data structure for a quote for Gnucash.
>>> (4) Provide the data in the proper Finance::Quote style.
>>> 
>>> Kind of making a "fake" Finance::Quote module? I may have a go at
>>> implementing this for some persnickety "available only on Fidelity website"
>>> quotes I need. Then again, perhaps my ignorance of the intricacies of QIF
>>> data is making me overly optimistic.
>>> 
>>> Ken
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> Aloha, Mr. 'Dizzy' Deane Yamane
>> Email: deane.yamane at gmail.com
>> Email: deane at aloha.net
>> Email: deane.yamane at icloud.com
>> My URL:  http://www.deaney.com/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> Aloha, Mr. 'Dizzy' Deane Yamane
> Email: deane.yamane at gmail.com
> Email: deane at aloha.net
> Email: deane.yamane at icloud.com
> My URL:  http://www.deaney.com/  
> 
> 
> 

Aloha, Mr. 'Dizzy' Deane Yamane
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