Chris, Just installed your patch. I'm running finance::quote to see if it works. Still slow. Did I need to restart gnucash after copying your code?
<https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 6:42 PM, Chris Good <goodchri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Steven, > > > > Nabble is a web site (unrelated to GnuCash) that archives many mailing > lists including GnuCash. > > I included this link to Nabble: > > http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/Fix-for-yahoo-json- > for-Windows-users-tt4697837.html > in a previous email to you as it includes instructions for getting and > installing my fixed YahooJSON.pm. > > I have found using links to Nabble to be an easy way of linking to > previous GnuCash emails. > > > > Regards, Chris Good > > > > *From:* Steven Anter <ante...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, 21 March 2018 12:32 PM > *To:* Chris Good <goodchri...@gmail.com> > *Cc:* gnucash-user@gnucash.org > *Subject:* RE: Unable to download stock quotes > > > > Chris, > > I'm using Windows 10. What is nabble? > > > > > > On Mar 20, 2018 6:18 PM, "Chris Good" <goodchri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Steven, > > > > Are you using Windows? My fix only helps for Windows. > > In Security Editor, Select Type of quote source Single Yahoo as > JSON > > > > My fix hasn’t yet been incorporated into CPAN Finance::Quote so the only > way to get it now is to follow instructions in the nabble link. That is the > latest version. > > > > You haven’t said from what exchange you are getting prices for, but > similar to using suffix .AX on the symbol for Australian exchange, you will > have to add the appropriate suffix to your Symbol if not US. > > > > I see you haven’t copied gnucash-user@gnucash.org on your reply. > > I assume that is because you understandably didn’t want to share how many > stocks you have with the world. > > I would appreciate it if you share your experience with > gnucash-user@gnucash.org when it is resolved, however it turns out. > > > > Regards, Chris Good > > > > *From:* Steven Anter <ante...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Wednesday, 21 March 2018 11:27 AM > *To:* Chris Good <goodchri...@gmail.com> > *Subject:* Re: Unable to download stock quotes > > > > Chris, > > > > Yahoo JSON was working fine until recently. Last time I tried it, it hung > for a while then came back with a long list of securities it couldn't > process. I'm trying to get quotes for about 50 tickers. > > > > How do I use YahooJSON.pm? It's not one of the listed sites, should I > enter it manually as "unknown?" How do I know I have your latest version? > > > > [image: > https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif] > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> > > Virus-free. www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> > > > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 4:31 PM, Chris Good <goodchri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Message: 5 > > Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 20:56:40 -0700 > > From: John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> > > To: santer <ante...@gmail.com> > > Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > > Subject: Re: Unable to download stock quotes > > Message-ID: <fda85e0f-f78b-4cf3-99ab-779c45e57...@ceridwen.us> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > > On Mar 19, 2018, at 7:53 PM, santer <ante...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > The ability to download stock quotes has been a critical feature of > gnucash. > > > The yahoo resource stopped working over the last few months. A work > > > around for me has been yahoo json, which is now so slow it's unusable. > > > > > > Does anyone know if something is being done to resolve this problem. > > > What are some other work around options? > > > > The only general workaround besides yahoo-json that we know of is > > Alphavantage, as explained at > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_doesn.27t_online_quoting_work.3 > > F > > <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_doesn.27t_online_quoting_work. > > 3F>. It is also quite slow compared to the former Yahoo! service. > > > > Another alternative might be Google Finance, but there?s some concern > about > > their terms of service vis-a-vis screen-scraping. > > > > GnuCash 3.0 includes a new importer for stock prices in CSV format. If > you > can > > arrange to download quotes from a financial institution with which you do > > business you may be able to format those downloads for import. > > > > Beyond that, we?re pretty much stuck. Neither we nor Erik Colson, the > > maintainer of Finance::Quote, can do much about retrieving quotes without > a > > service to retrieve from. > > > > Regards, > > John Ralls > > Hi Santer, > > I don't think I have heard of Yahoo JSON being slow before. > I just did a test and for my 16 stocks it took approx. 15 seconds. > Is it just slow for you or does it actually hang? > If you don't mind telling us, how many stocks do you have using Yahoo JSON? > > If you are using Windows, have you tried using my new YahooJSON.pm that has > the warning messages fixed? > See > http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/Fix-for-yahoo-json- > for-Windows-users-tt > 4697837.html > > Regards, Chris Good > > > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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