Les, Dave, Thanks for airing this out a little more.
I had not succeeded in getting this to work, mostly because I didn’t understand the FAQ, which tells us to add the environment key to "<prefix>/etc/gnucash/environment where prefix is:” in one spot, and then says "/Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources on MacOS." Apparently my memory has become so abbreviated that by the time I got to the second part, I had forgotten about the first part, and added the variable to a new environment file in “/Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources”, rather than adding the value to the functional (and already existing) environment file in /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/etc/gnucash/environment. I have modified the FAQ so that this ambiguity is removed. You might call it idiot-proofing. I’ll own that. David > On Nov 11, 2017, at 4:03 AM, Les <lellio...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks, that worked. Now I'm good to go on both systems. > > Thanks to all. > > Les > > > On 11/10/2017 03:13 PM, Dave H wrote: >> Les, >> >> Just right click on the environment file name in finder and choose "Open >> With" / "TextEdit.app". Scroll down and add it to the bottom of the file >> and then save the file, exit text editor and you're away >> >> i.e. >> >> # Setup ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY for Finance:Quote >> ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> Cheers Dave H. >> >> On 11 November 2017 at 06:09, Les <lellio...@gmail.com >> <mailto:lellio...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> I successfully added the API to Linux MInt 18.2. (I used sudo xed >> to add the key. After, I used Security Editor to change my stocks >> to Alphavantage.) Thanks for the pointers. >> >> How do I make the entry on MacOS 10.13? I am rather new to Mac so >> I don't know how to do edits. I know what and where I need to >> make the entry. >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> On 11/10/2017 10:24 AM, Maf. King wrote: >> >> Hi Les, >> >> have a read of the FAQ - there is a recently added bit about >> adding the API >> key. >> >> >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_doesn.27t_online_quoting_work.3F >> >> <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_doesn.27t_online_quoting_work.3F> >> >> HTH, >> Maf. >> >> >> On Friday, 10 November 2017 16:07:52 GMT Les wrote: >> >> I just obtained an API key from AlphaVantage, but I do not >> have a clue >> as to how to add the key to my LInux Mint or Mac OS systems. >> >> Could someone please walk me through the process? >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Les >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
