[GNC] Finance::Quote morningstar uk (and europe?) have changed stuff

Wm wm_o_o_o at yahoo.co.uk
Sat Nov 23 03:40:04 EST 2019


On 25/08/2019 00:06, Richard Ullger wrote:
> On 23/08/2019 14:26, Wm via gnucash-user wrote:
>> heads up, folks
>>
>> morningtstar.co.uk (and possibly other European versions) have changed
>> some stuff that mean some F::Q requests have stopped working.
>>
>> This isn't gnc's fault.
>>
>> If you use a quote source such as
>> mstaruk
>> expect it to fail until the F::Q folks catch up.
>>
>> Would people with appropriate access let us know if the German / French
>> / Italian / Scandinavian / etc versions of morningstar are similarly
>> affected.
>>
>>
> 
> I'm using Morningstar, GB as it appears in the quote source dropdown
> list for a couple of funds and am not seeing any issues. Prices have
> successfully loaded up to Friday 23/08/19.
> 
> Works using mstaruk in gnc-fq-dump too.

Hmmmn.  Apols for time passing, etc

What do you (or anyone else interested) get for
===
gnc-fq-dump -v mstaruk GB00B4PQW151
===

I get

===
Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses:
     symbol: GB00B4PQW151 (deduced) <=== required
       date: ** missing **        <=== recommended
   currency: ** missing **        <=== required
       last:                      <=\
        nav:                      <=== one of these
      price:                      <=/
   timezone:                      <=== optional

** This stock quote cannot be used by GnuCash!


All fields returned by Finance::Quote for stock GB00B4PQW151

stock           field  value
-----           -----  -----
GB00B4PQW151   errormsg: Error - failed to retrieve fund data 
MSTARUK_LOOK_UP 
http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/funds/SecuritySearchResults.aspx?search=.GB00B4PQW151 

GB00B4PQW151       last: **missing**
GB00B4PQW151        nav: **missing**
GB00B4PQW151      price: **missing**
GB00B4PQW151    success: 0
===

Note: the extra detail in the "errormsg:" is because I worked out where 
mstaruk was breaking for me and I'm trying to work out what is wrong.

The URL without the extra dot before the ISIN works, for clarity
===
http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/funds/SecuritySearchResults.aspx?search=.GB00B4PQW151
= vs =
http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/funds/SecuritySearchResults.aspx?search=GB00B4PQW151
===

GB00B4PQW151 is Vanguard LifeStrategy 80% which I think more than one 
person here might own a bit of.

-- 
Wm



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