[GNC] Currency quotes stopped

[Jim DeLaHunt]

On 2022-08-31 18:38, rob wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> I have Windows 11 with Gnucash 4.11 installed and also "Online price
> retrieval for Gnucash".  Finance quote is 1.52.  Gnc-fq-check is ok.
> AlphaVantage key API is also ok.
>
> I can get update quotes for shares but since a few weeks no update quotes
> for the currencies.

Hello, Rob:

I am in the same boat. GnuCash using Alphavantage stopped retrieving 
quotes for currencies sometime between 7-14 August. It was a nuisance 
for me, too.

Apparently what happened is that Alphavantage changed their system. 
Alphavantage started limiting, to paying customers only, a certain kind 
of currency quote which used to be free. There is a workaround. The 
software in between GnuCash and Alphavantage, known as Finance::Quote, 
can change to using Alphavantage a different way, a way which is still 
free. But it will take time for them to make that change, and for 
GnuCash to incorporate it.

The details are in a GnuCash bug report 
<https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=798599>. This matter was 
discussed on this list earlier. See 
<https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2022-August/102424.html> 
in the archives.

> Please tell me how to solve this. Its important for me.
If you are adventurous, and comfortable editing Perl code, you can patch 
your own copy of Finance::Quote. The GnuCash bug report has a link to 
the Finance::Quote bug report. The patch is described there.
> Thanks