[GNC] Unable to download more than 5 currency exchange rates

[Frank H. Ellenberger]

Hello,

Am 26.04.20 um 10:36 schrieb davygc:
> Again, I am new to GC.

Welcome here!
It is useful to tell us, which version of GnuCash and, in this case,
Finance::Quote you are running.

> I am trying to setup the chart of account and is
> facing a problem - unable to download more than 5 currencies exchange rate.
> I did some experiments. I was unable to download the exchange rate after I
> removed the Alpha Vantage API key. Therefore, I guess the exchange rate is
> handled by Alpha Vantage. But on the other hand, I was able to download 5
> currencies + 2 stock price through Alphavantage. When I disabled some of the
> currencies, then I will be able to download the rest (still up to a total of
> 5).
> 
> It seems that the quote for exchange rate is not handled by Alphavantage.pm
> and the cause of the problem is the limitation of 5 quote per minute.

See https://www.alphavantage.co/premium/

> Any suggestion?

IIRC, recent versions have a sufficient delay between the queries to
fulfill the limitation.

> Also, which script is responsible for downloading the exchange quote?

See https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Online_Quotes

> Thanks.

Regards
Frank