[GNC] Online crypto value quote

[David Carlson]

I don't trade bitcoin so I don't know for sure, but for a long time bitcoin
was not an officially recognized currency and GnuCash was not able to track
it unless the user jumped through some tricky hoops.  I  don't know if that
has changed yet. Is it quoted on Yahoo?

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022, 8:22 PM Geoff <cleanoutmyshed at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >
> > Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
> > ------- 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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