Currency Quotes

[Erik Colson]

Alun Champion <list at achampion.net> writes:

> Alphavantage supports currencies, e.g.:
>
> $ export ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY=XXX
> $ gnc-fq-dump alphavantage GBPUSD=X
> Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses:
>     symbol: GBPUSD=X             <=== required
>       date: 11/09/2017           <=== recommended
>   currency: USD                  <=== required
>       last: 1.3139               <=\
>        nav:                      <=== one of these
>      price:                      <=/
>   timezone:                      <=== optional
>
> Haven't quite figured out how to get Gnucash to use this yet.

F::Q has a different API for currencies.  The source has to be moved to
alphavantage which will probably be done next weekend.  Till then,
GnuCash will probably not have currency rates anymore..

best
--
erik colson