Hi Paul, Are you sure you're not looking for the src= argument of getSymbols()?
Best, Michael On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Paul Gilbert <pgilbert...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have been having trouble retrieving some TSE series from yahoo: > >> require("quantmod") >> getSymbols("BMO.TO", dbname="yahoo") > > works but > >> getSymbols("COS.TO", dbname="yahoo") > > appears to have worked but has actually failed: > >> str(COS.TO) > An 'xts' object of zero-width > > It seems to be getting the header, but no data. I have also tried with > Google Finance: > >> getSymbols("TSE:COS", dbname="google") > Error in download.file(paste(yahoo.URL, "s=", Symbols.name, "&a=", from.m, > : > cannot open URL > 'http://chart.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=TSE:COS&a=0&b=01&c=2007&d=6&e=11&f=2012&g=d&q=q&y=0&z=TSE:COS&x=.csv' > In addition: Warning message: > In download.file(paste(yahoo.URL, "s=", Symbols.name, "&a=", from.m, : > cannot open: HTTP status was '404 Not Found' > > I'm not sure if I have the syntax correct for indicating an exchange on > google. Does anyone have suggestions? > > Thanks, > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > R-SIG-Finance@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-finance > -- Subscriber-posting only. If you want to post, subscribe first. > -- Also note that this is not the r-help list where general R questions > should go. _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Finance@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-finance -- Subscriber-posting only. If you want to post, subscribe first. -- Also note that this is not the r-help list where general R questions should go.