I am using LInux Mint 18.2 and GC 2.6.17.
Since someone a while back that switching to Yahoo as json most of my
stock quotes have been up-to-date. My only problem is being unable to
retrieve quotes for the 8 currencies (I think the last update I received
was in late July). If memory serves, the last update to F::Q (1.47) all
currencies look to Alpha Vantage for quotes.
Les
On 08/24/2018 09:31 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
Dan,
You are not alone with this problem; numerous users have lamented the ongoing
saga of retrieving commodity prices online since Yahoo! decided to pull the
plug on its quote system. AlphaVantage has been the solution that everyone here
flocked to, and now AlphaVantage is altering its enforcement. [I will note that
my solution to this has been to accept that GnuCash will not provide me a daily
balance on my investment accounts, and leave it at that.]
Having run into F::Q problems twice in a short period of time, it seems to me
that this problem is likely to rear its head repeatedly, insofar as when a glut
of users suddenly puts the hit on a free server, the increased demand forces
the provider to throttle access in some way to maintain its viability.
Your idea is an interesting one, but I would actually broaden the RFE to ask
that Finance::Quote have some mechanism that would allow more principled list
tactics, such as:
* limiting requests submitted at a given time
* retrying entries “n” times before returning an error
* starting retrieval of prices with the oldest commodities in the file
This last would allow a user to maintain price updates for a file with a large
number of commodities.
Adding this sort of configuration to F::Q might reduce the likelihood that
GnuCash users slam the next online quote source and cause them to lock down.
David
On Aug 24, 2018, at 10:07 AM, Dan Nelms <dan99ne...@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks for your reply, derek. Alpha Vantage wants $19.95 a month for a
premium API number that would solve the problem, but if I only wants
updates once or so a week, it's not worth it. Maybe GnuCash could
provide a check box indicator in the Price Tool where I could limit my
API calls to 5 at a time. Maybe Alpha Vantage could offer a different
limiting method for casual users like me and others who are just trying
to keep their personal finances in order. Forgive my rambling on. Thanks.
Dan
On 8/24/2018 6:35 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
Hi,
Dan Nelms <dan99ne...@gmail.com> writes:
[snip]
What happened on August 1? Did Alpha Vantage start enforcing their 5
calls per minute limit for their free API numbers?
[snip]
Yes.
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