Hello Alpha Vantage's standard API usage is limited to five (5) API requests per one (1) minute (https://www.alphavantage.co/premium/) My GnuCash (4.12) Price Database lists 22 securities and it takes FINANCE::QUOTE (1.53) slightly above 5min for the update. Regards Ismael On 2022-10-10 12:50, R Losey <rlo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm not fetching that many -- maybe around 18 or so (I didn't count). In > the "old" days from the GUI, it would only take seconds (that was pre-Alpha > Vantage) > > I'm not sure how busy their servers are... but when I run the gnc-fq-dump > program using Alpha Vantage and getting four quotes, it returns in 1-2 > seconds. I ran the full gnucash-cli program using "time", and it shows over > 7 minutes to complete. > > I doubt very much that my ISP is throttling me... I'm running Linux > (Ubuntu) and it is mostly idle. > > Now the data file may be an idea... it's about 1.5M... it's on a NAS, so it > has to go through the home network, so that is slower... and
I don't know > how much parsing the gnucash-cli program has to do. > > The GnuCash GUI is also very, very slow using "multiple" (which uses Alpha > Vantage first). I didn't time it, but it was minutes. > > I don't think this is network, but it may be... nothing else seems to be > slow... and the gnc-fq-dump is very fast. > > > > On Sat, Oct 8, 2022 at 5:11 AM Geoff <cleanoutmys...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Richard > > > > Glad to hear you can now fetch prices. > > > > > It is supposed to take so long? There is a long (7 minute) delay before > > > the update finishes... I've been using the gnucash-cli command line. > > > > That does seem a long time, but how long is a piece of string? (as my > > father used to say ;--) > > > > How many prices are you fetching? > > How busy are Alpha Vantage's servers? > > Are Alpha Vantage throttling you? > > Is your ISP throttling you? > > How fast, and how busy, is your machine? > > How long does it take to fetch a single price manually from the co mmand > > line? > > How long does it take to open and save your GnuCash data file? > > Have you tried using the GnuCash GUI instead of the gnucash-cli command > > line? > > > > > > As a benchmark, my 13 year old Windows 10 desktop consistently retrieves > > prices for 30 odd securities in about 3 seconds using the GnuCash GUI, > > but in my case Finance Quote pulls them directly from the local stock > > exchange and doesn't use Alpha Vantage. > > > > I did a few command line tests for a single security using Alpha Vantage > > and it averages around 2.2 seconds from the other side of the world - > > see attached screenshot. > > [Technically it is slightly quicker than this which includes invoking > > the Python interpreter to measure the elapsed time.] > > > > Perhaps others on this list who do use Alpha Vantage can relate their > > own experiences? > > > > Finally, if you do know your way around Linux, Wire Shark is your go to > > friend for network troubleshooting: > > https://www.w ireshark.org/ > > > > > > Good luck! > > > > Regards > > > > Geoff > > ===== > > > > > > On 8/10/2022 6:29 pm, R Losey wrote: > > > Hi... yes, I did not have al ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY and that was the > > > issue. Things now seem to be updating properly. > > > > > > It is supposed to take so long? There is a long (7 minute) delay before > > > the update finishes... I've been using the gnucash-cli command line. > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 8, 2022 at 1:03 AM Geoff <cleanoutmys...@gmail.com > > > <mailto:cleanoutmys...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Richard > > > > > > If you have configured your GnuCash securities to retrieve their > > prices > > > using AlphaVantage then you need to make sure that you have entered > > > your > > > API Key in GnuCash preferences. > > > > > > Also, depending on the problem, it may help if you upgrade to a later > > > version of of Finance Quote:- > > > > > > > > https://github.com/finance-quote/finance-quote/releases/tag/v1.53-rc.2 < > > https://github.com /finance-quote/finance-quote/releases/tag/v1.53-rc.2> > > > > > https://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id/B/BP/BPSCHUCK/Finance-Quote-1.52_02.tar.gz > > < > > https://www.cpan.org/modules/by-authors/id/B/BP/BPSCHUCK/Finance-Quote-1.52_02.tar.gz > > > > > > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > Geoff > > > ===== > > > > > > > > > On 8/10/2022 4:58 pm, R Losey wrote: > > > > I just installed GnuCash on Ubuntu 22.04LTS (it is version 4.8 > > > from the > > > > Ubuntu Software area). > > > > > > > > On a different Ubuntu, I had an older version running, and back > > > then, price > > > > updates were working. I managed to mess up that gnucash Linux > > > install, so I > > > > haven't been updating quotes - I've been using GnuCash on other > > > operating > > > > systems, and since it is a pain to get the quotes working on > > them, I > > > > haven't bothered. > > > > > > > > But now that I have a nice shiny Ubuntu, I have installed gnucash > > and > > > > thought I'd at tempt to update prices. I merely get : > > > > > > > > "ERROR <gnc.scm> There was an unknown error while retrieving the > > > price > > > >> quotes." > > > > > > > > > > > > I have Finance::Quote version 1.51 - it was installed along with > > > GnuCash 4.8 > > > > > > > > Notes: > > > > - The reason I mentioned running updates some time ago (pre > > > version 4.0, I > > > > think) is that perhaps I need to do something in the securities > > > editor? I > > > > think that I no longer own some of securities tagged to get > > > updates, but I > > > > wouldn't think that would be a problem... > > > > > > > > - I remember reading something about ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY - the > > > debug text > > > > prints it as empty (for what that's worth) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > _________________________________ > > > Richard Losey > > > rlo...@gmail.com <mailto:rlo...@gmail.com> > > > Micah 6:8 > > > > -- > _________________________________ > Richard Losey > rlo...@gmail.com > Micah 6:8 > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to > unsubscribe: > 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 To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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