[GNC] Online crypto value quote

[Geoff]

Hi Julie

You say that you have "successfully installed" Finance::Quote.  We need 
to verify that is is actually working, independently of GnuCash.  The 
easiest way to do this is to use the gnc-fq-dump utility as I explained 
in my email yesterday.

You need to:
(A) Locate the folder containing the gnc-fq-dump utility
(B) Open a Terminal session and navigate to this folder
(C) Run these two commands:
perl gnc-fq-dump yahoo_json IBM
perl gnc-fq-dump yahoo_json BTC-USD

If Finance:Quote is working correctly, you should see something like this:

gnc-fq-dump yahoo_json IBM
Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses:
     symbol: IBM                  <=== required
       date: 06/17/2022           <=== recommended
   currency: USD                  <=== required
       last: 135.67               <=\
        nav:                      <=== one of these
      price:                      <=/
   timezone:                      <=== optional


gnc-fq-dump yahoo_json BTC-USD
Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses:
     symbol: BTC-USD              <=== required
       date: 06/17/2022           <=== recommended
   currency: USD                  <=== required
       last: 20453.908            <=\
        nav:                      <=== one of these
      price:                      <=/
   timezone:                      <=== optional


Let us know the results.

Regards

Geoff
=====

On 16/06/2022 11:08 pm, Trang Julie wrote:
> Thank you very much for your quick response, Geoff.
> 
> Good news is I successfully installed the Finance::Quote version 1.51 but still can't get online quotes.
> I tried both Yahoo as JSON source and Alpha Vantage, and got API key, but the notification still says the same "Unable to retrieve quotes", as the screenshot in attached.
> 
> I'm not sure if it's just something with the connection or data source or I need to do something else from my end.
> 
> 
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> ------- Original Message -------
> On Thursday, June 16th, 2022 at 7:47 PM, Geoff <cleanoutmyshed at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> Hi Julie
>>
>>> Does it mean something went wrong with Finance Quote module install,
>>
>> since it doesn't show its version?
>>
>> Possibly. You can use the GnuCash gnc-fq-dump utility (it is a Perl
>> script) to try and narrow down the problem. You didn't mention your
>> operating system, but your screenshot looks like MacOS? Anyway, on
>> Windows you will typically find this utility in the "C:\Program Files
>> (x86)\gnucash\bin" directory, and you can run it from a command prompt.
>> See attached screenshot for an example of successfully fetching prices
>> for IBM and Bitcoin using Yahoo.
>>
>> See if you can try this and let us know the results.
>>
>> Someone more familiar with MacOS than me may be able to help you further.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Geoff
>> =====
>> P.S. Accountants (I am not one) may have opinions on the merits of
>> treating Bitcoin as a Security vs a Currency.
>>
>>
>> On 16/06/2022 1:06 pm, Trang Julie via gnucash-user wrote:
>>
>>> Hi team.
>>>
>>> I'm Julie, I need your help on how to get online crypto value quotes.
>>>
>>> I tried the Tools > Security Editor and also Price Database but it didn't work. Screenshot attached.
>>>
>>> In the About, it says:
>>> "Version: 4.10
>>> Build ID: 4.10+(2022-03-26)Finance::Quote: -"
>>>
>>> Does it mean something went wrong with Finance Quote module install, since it doesn't show its version?
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for your work.
>>> Julie
>>>
>>> Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
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