Finance::Quote Yahoo_JSON Alpha Vantage

[Les]

Sorry, Chris.  I should have mentioned the OS, etc.  I am running Linux 
Mint 18.2 and GC 2.6.17.

If I understand, all I have to to do is reinstall F::Q?

Thanks,
Les
On 04/02/2018 07:00 PM, Chris Good wrote:
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2018 17:59:28 -0500
>> From: Les <lelliott5 at gmail.com>
>> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> Subject: Re: Finance::Quote Yahoo_JSON Alpha Vantage
>> Message-ID: <2fde53e2-985e-0030-9b87-68b6f5f0ffc7 at gmail.com>
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>>
>> I followed the instructions on adding modes for quote.pm and
>> alphavantage.pm as described.? However, I am no longer able to update
>> any my stocks now.? I have obviously done something wrong. Is there any
>> way to undo these modes and revert back to my previous files?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Les
>>
>> On 04/01/2018 08:51 PM, Chris Good wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have no problems using Yahoo_JSON as a quote source for my 16 stocks
> for
>>> which I download prices only weekly.
>>>
>>> However, I have been working with another user and it seems Yahoo_JSON
>> fails
>>> when there are many stocks and/or prices for them are requested often.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I suggest people who run into Yahoo _JSON problems use Alpha Vantage as
>> the
>>> quote source.
>>>
>>> See
>>>
>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_doesn.27t_online_quoting_work.3
>> F
>>>
>>>
>>> Alpha Vantage purposefully fails quote requests if it detects a user
> hogging
>>> their web server resources by returning an Information message that
> says:
>>> Please consider optimizing your API call frequency
>>>
>>> and pausing for approx. 20 seconds.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If you use Alpha Vantage, there have been mods made to Finance::Quote so
>>> that usage complies with the Alpha Vantage recommendations that only 1
>> price
>>> request per second is made in order to ensure that the webserver
> resources
>>> are shared amongst all users.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If the information message is detected for a particular stock (or
> currency
>>> conversion thanks Mike Alexander), then Finance::Quote also pauses for
> 20
>>> seconds, then retries up to 4 times.
>>>
>>> As this means you should not have to retry getting prices for all stocks
> or
>>> currencies if you have a failure, and this will minimise usage of the
> Alpha
>>> Vantage web server, I suggest people install the modified perl programs.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The modified Finance::Quote perl programs are currently not yet
> incorporated
>>> into the latest version of Finance::Quote (1.47), and as the
> Finance::Quote
>>> maintainers are, like everyone else, busy, it may be a long time (it has
>>> been over a year in the past) before these mods are included in the next
>>> release of Finance::Quote.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> To install these mods without waiting for them to be incorporated in
>>> Finance::Quote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. Make sure the standard Quote.pm and AlphaVantage.pm files are
> writable.
>>>
>>>
>>> For Windows 10 these files are usually:
>>>
>>> C:\strawberry\perl\site\lib\Finance\Quote.pm
>>>
>>> C:\strawberry\perl\site\lib\Finance\Quote\AlphaVantage.pm
>>>
>>> Using File Manager, right click on the file, Properties, Untick 'Read
> Only',
>>> then OK
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> For Ubuntu Linux, these files are usually:
>>>
>>> /usr/local/share/perl/5.22.1/Finance/Quote.pm
>>>
>>> /usr/local/share/perl/5.22.1/Finance/Quote/AlphaVantage.pm
>>>
>>>   From a terminal:
>>>
>>> cd /usr/local/share/perl/5.22.1/Finance
>>>
>>> sudo chmod 666 Quote.pm Quote/AlphaVantage.pm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2. To install the modified Quote.pm:
>>>
>>> Open
>>> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mtalexander/finance-
>> quote/6ee43ea08b504617
>>> 142139fda41ae45be865fa38/lib/Finance/Quote.pm
>>>
>>> in a browser, click in the code, then  use Control-A to highlight it
> all,
>>> then paste it into a text editor
>>>
>>> (say Notepad for Windows, or gedit for Linux), then 'Save As' over the
> top
>>> of the existing
>>> Quote.pm.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 3. To install the modified AlphaVantage.pm:
>>>
>>> Open
>>> https://github.com/mtalexander/finance-
>> quote/blob/6ee43ea08b504617142139fda4
>>> 1ae45be865fa38/lib/Finance/Quote/AlphaVantage.pm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> in a browser, click in the code, then  use Control-A to highlight it
> all,
>>> then paste it into a text editor
>>>
>>> (say Notepad for Windows, or gedit for Linux), then 'Save As' over the
> top
>>> of the existing
>>> AlphaVantage.pm.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry, I don't have a Mac so I cannot provide instructions.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If you want to check on the progress of the Pull Request to incorporate
>>> these changes in Finance::Quote, please see:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/finance-quote/finance-quote/pull/85
>>>
>>> Regards, Chris Good
> Hi Les,
>
> Sorry you had problems following my instructions.
>
> The quickest way to reinstall the standard files over the modified files is:
>  From a command prompt (Windows) or Terminal (Linux):
> cpan
> install Finance::Quote
> quit
>
> However, if you wish to tell me what your operating system is, and try to
> run the gnc-fq-helper command as per
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_fix_a_.22system_error.22_or_.2
> 2unknown_error.22_when_getting_stock_quotes.3F
> and tell me the response, I will try to help you.
>
> I.e.
> Windows from a command prompt:
> cd \Program Files\gnucash\bin
> echo (yahoo "CSCO") | perl gnc-fq-helper
>
> Linux, from a terminal:
> echo '(yahoo "CSCO")' | gnc-fq-helper
>
> Regards, Chris Good
>