[GNC] Finance::Quote Default Currency Module

[Jim DeLaHunt]

Bruce:

Thank you for the explanation.

On 2024-04-01 10:03, Bruce Schuck wrote:
> On 3/31/24 16:46:44 -0700, Jim DeLaHunt wrote:
>
>>> I'm getting ready to release Finance::Quote v1.60 to CPAN. It
>>> appears that AlphaVantage has again changed how they deal with
>>> throttling for requests using the free API keys/tokens. This has
>>> affected some users that may have data that requires doing more
>>> than a handful of currency exchange calculations.
>
>> Is there any written description of what throttling behaviour F::Q 
>> observes from AlphaVantage?
>
> No.… But, the free API key is limited to 25 queries per day. …[snip]…
>
>> What is the difference to a consumer like me of F::Q getting the
>> data from YahooJSON rather than from AlphaVantage?
>
> No difference at all. I think a benefit of changing the default to 
> YahooJSON is that user's would not be forced to get an AV API Key even 
> if they don't have securities using AlphaVantage for the data source.

So, it appears that the proposed change will be transparent for a 
simpleminded user like me. In that case I have no objections.

I am really glad that you are willing to do, and then regularly re-do, 
the magic which makes this happen for me. Thank you!