[GNC] Online quotes problem -sorted

[Graham Balin]

Many thanks for the replies all
Going through the API route and altering the environment file has done 
the trick.
G

On 09/06/2018 11:48, Maf. King wrote:
> On Saturday, 9 June 2018 10:22:19 BST Graham Balin wrote:
>> Many thanks for the reply, but sadly none of this works.
>> I tried adding an ".AX" stock as described below but that didn't work
>> either.
>> I'm afraid I don't understand the references to API for AlphaVantage -
>> is that something I need to find out about?
>> G
>>
> Hi Graham
>
> OK, back in November Yahoo stopped providing price information.  There was a
> lot of traffic on the list around then and some rapid patches provided by
> various developers to keep the wheels turning.
>
> There are a couple of alternatives you can use - there is a service called
> Alphavantage which is nearly the same as the old Yahoo service.  But you need
> to register with Alphavantage and get an " API key" (a sequence of
> Alphanumeric characters to authorise you on their service) which the Finance
> Quote PERL scripts need to be told, but then can handle getting price info
> from Alphavantage.  The Gnucash FAQ contains details and instructions about
> that.
>
> Another option - it has been reported on the list that Yahoo still have a way
> to get info - but you need to tell F::Q use "yahoo_json" in place of Yahoo.  I
> haven't tried it.  The list archives will have more info if you can search and
> find it!
>
> HTH,
> Maf.
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Cheerio,

Graham


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