Price Retrieval Failure, Part 2

[David T.]

Unfortunately, adding these lines to my config.user did not result in any further information.  I am stumped, and disappointed.

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It seems that an upgrade of GnuCash not only tanks one’s customized environment file in the application bundle (understandable), but also any additional files that a user might have put into the DOT_GNUCASH_DIR folder—like, custom scheme reports, or a config.user file that a user might have created in vain attempts to get said custom reports to load into their personal installation of GnuCash. I find this circumstance to be rather troubling, as the files that a user has put into this folder should not be summarily sent to the executioner by the next version of the application. This is especially troubling given that the authorized methods for creating and using custom scheme reports (as convoluted and sensitive as they are) specifically directs such reports to be placed into this folder. If *I* were to have written a custom report for GnuCash (as opposed to simply copying someone else’s work to my own system) I would be pretty ticked off to find my work discarded this way. Thank goodness I had backups, but really, one shouldn’t have to restore from a backup on this.
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I have now created a simple file to test out price retrieval. I put one stock account that uses AAPL, a cash account and Equity, and created a simple buy transaction (to create one price entry). For me, this file fails in the same way. I attach it here, so that someone else can test it. If it works for you, then there is something about my Mac that F::Q doesn’t like. And then I am really up the creek, because it’s a big operating system out there…

David

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> On Feb 8, 2018, at 11:40 PM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:
> 
> David,
> 
> You can put the attached config.user file in your DOT_GNUCASH_DIR ($HOME/
> Library/Application Support/Gnucash)
> 
> If you then start gnucash from the command line, it should print out the value 
> of your API key there, together with the version of Finance::Quote that got 
> installed. Unless the OS X edition doesn't print this early boot 
> information...
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Geert<config.user>