[GNC] Get Quote is Not Working?

[Geert Janssens]

Op zaterdag 11 augustus 2018 09:10:09 CEST schreef Megagrumpy:
> I am using GnuCash 2.6.18 and I am not sure what version of F:Q I was using
> but I reinstalled it a couple of days ago to ensure it was the latest
> version. Still not getting any quotes at all.

For GnuCash 2.6.18 you'd also need to set an environment variable with your 
AlphaVantage API key. If you can upgrade to gnucash 2.6.21, you can set this 
in the gnucash preferences instead.

> Have updated manually but at
> more than 50 stocks that is quite arduous. It appears to me that the
> suppliers of quotes are getting a bit more savvy that there is a potential
> income stream that they could use. I already have on line accounts (Bank,
> Broker, Stockopedia and Motley Fool) where I pay and where I can get quotes
> but I do not suppose there is anyway of linking to those accounts?
> 
Not that I know.

> Is there a possibility of importing quotes from an external file? I could
> download my share data into Excel say, run a macro to strip out the date,
> Share ID and quote and then import this into GC?

GnuCash 3.x introduces the ability to import prices from csv. It's not 
available in gnucash 2.6.x

Regards,

Geert