As a note, it might be relevant that I am using a Flatpak distribution of Gnucash, possibly explaining the "two versions" situation. Running the Flatpak from the command line confirms that it is detecting Finance::Quotes v1.49 even though the command line version I am using is v1.51.
On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 6:43 PM Geoff <cleanoutmys...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Richard > > Yes, that is confusing. It is possible that this discrepancy in > behaviour may be due to you having two instances of Perl installed - the > later one is seen by your command line scripts and the earlier (out of > date) one is seen by your GnuCash GUI. I make this suggestion as I > recall seeing other GnuCash problems being reported due to this. I am > mainly a Windows user so I can't really help you to trouble shoot. > > Anyway, to upgrade, you can try the "gnc-fq-update" Perl script, which > should get the latest version (1.51) from CPAN: > https://metacpan.org/pod/Finance::Quote > > Finally, I have attached a screenshot of my setup to retrieve prices for > ASX securities. > > Hope this helps. > > Regards > > Geoff > ===== > > On 30/06/2022 6:26 pm, Richard Spinney wrote: > > Hi Geoff, > > > > Thanks for this. > > > > I am little bit confused though, the command line perl scripts I am > > using with the ASX as a source work fine. But moreover, they work when I > > use *different* sources (e.g. yahoo as JSON), but then they don't work > > in gnucash itself - I.e. the issue is there when I specifically avoid > > the ASX as a source. Or have I missed something? > > > > If I do have to update that module do you have any links or similar you > > could point me to? > > > > Thanks, > > > > R. > > > > On Thu, 30 June 2022, 18:21 Geoff, <cleanoutmys...@gmail.com > > <mailto:cleanoutmys...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > Hi Richard > > > > The ASX did a major web upgrade back in 2020 that broke Version 1.49 > of > > Finance::Quote. If you want to use the ASX as your data source for > > Australian listed securities then you will need to upgrade that Perl > > module. > > > > > > Regards > > > > Geoff > > ===== > > > > On 30/06/2022 5:44 pm, Richard Spinney wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > I'm having some trouble fetching online quotes for Australian > > stocks in > > > Gnucash. > > > > > > My versions are: > > > > > > Gnucash Version: 4.11 > > > Build ID: Flathub 4.11 > > > Finance::Quote: 1.49 > > > > > > running on Linux. > > > > > > Every other security price fetch seems to work fine. For > > instance, this > > > works for US stocks when input into the security editor: > > > > > > Symbol: AAPL > > > Source: alphavantage > > > > > > as do currency quotes. > > > > > > However, I get the following error message: > > > > > > "Unable to retrieve quotes for these items ASX:VGS ..." > > > > > > where ASX is just my "type" categorisation", if I try any ASX > > stock/etf > > > (here using VGS as an example) with any permutation of > > > > > > Symbol: VGS, VGS.AX <http://VGS.AX>, ASX:VGS, ASX.VGS > > > Source: Alphavantage US, Australian Stock Exchange AU,Yahoo as > JSON > > > > > > For reference, I have got the underlying command line scripts > > working and I > > > *can* get Australian quotes using them (in addition to currency > > and US > > > stock quotes that *do* work in Gnucash). For instance the > following > > > commands all return sensible quotes > > > > > > > > > perl gnc-fq-dump -v asx vgs > > > perl gnc-fq-dump -v yahoo_json VGS.ax > > > perl gnc-fq-dump -v australia vgs > > > > > > I'm unclear if this is because of something I am doing wrong with > the > > > details in the security editor or if there is something else I'm > > missing. > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > R. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gnucash-user mailing list > > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> > > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists > > <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists> for more information. > > > ----- > > > 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 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. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.