> On Nov 13, 2017, at 1:35 PM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> > wrote: > > Op maandag 13 november 2017 22:20:31 CET schreef Derek Atkins: >> Geert, >> > >> Why can't we just setenv() or putenv() the API Key prior to calling the >> scripts? >> > > gnc-fq-dump is not called from within gnucash so it's up to the caller to > ensure the environment variable is set. I would prefer both such external > scripts and gnucash would see the same API key so the user has to set it only > once in one location. > And I was thinking wider than gnucash as well. This API key is really > something internal to Finance::Quote so there may be other applications > depending on it though I have no concrete examples for that. > > As an analogy aqbanking manages a number of settings we allow the user to set > from within gnucash. They are not stored with the gnucash settings though, > but > in the $HOME/.aqbanking directory. That allows for other applications to use > the same settings (like eg KMyMoney).
I agree that having F::Q specify a file is the way to go. Even better on Mac and Win32 would be to use defaults/registry, but that’s probably a bit more platform dependence than Erik is willing to go for. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
