> On May 16, 2017, at 2:26 PM, eh...@2xwave.com wrote: > > On 05/16/2017 05:01 PM, John Ralls wrote: >>> On May 16, 2017, at 1:35 PM, eh...@2xwave.com wrote: >>> I was wondering how to retrieve quotes using the Security & Price Editor >>> for bitcoin (BTC). >>> I've found that Yahoo now reports the BTC price in USD at >>> https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BTCUSD=X >>> I also found that the csv download works at >>> http://download.finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=BTCUSD%3DX&f=nab (Is this >>> how GnuCash retrieves it's Yahoo quotes?) >>> I've tried multiple times to setup a FUND, AMEX, NASDAQ, & NYSE for >>> "BTCUSD=X", but can't get the Price Editor to download a price (from Yahoo >>> USA). >>> Is there something preventing me from querying Yahoo for the BTCUSD price? >>> Is the equal sign "=" valid in GnuCash for a symbol/abbreviation? >>> I've also tried BTXUSD%3DX (like the csv download link above) with no >>> success? >>> Unable to retrieve quotes for these items: >>> FUND:BTCUSD=X >>> Does anyone have any ideas? >>> I'm running Version 2.6.15 rev 1ef17e6+ on 2016-12-21 on Debian Linux 9 >> The "type" doesn't matter. The way to test these things is gnc-fq-dump, and >> here's what it says: >> src/quotes/gnc-fq-dump -v yahoo btcusd=x >> Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses: >> symbol: btcusd=x <=== required >> date: 05/15/2017 <=== recommended >> currency: ** missing ** <=== required >> last: 1726.0900 <=\ >> nav: <=== one of these >> price: 1726.0900 <=/ >> timezone: <=== optional >> ** This stock quote cannot be used by GnuCash! >> Oddly, src/quotes/gnc-fq-dump yahoo btceur=x >> Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses: >> symbol: btceur=x <=== required >> date: 05/16/2017 <=== recommended >> currency: EUR <=== required >> last: 1593.9929 <=\ >> nav: <=== one of these >> price: 1593.9929 <=/ >> timezone: <=== optiona >> Regards, >> John Ralls > > Thanks for the help, > > So is it a perl issue with Finance::Quote? Or is it the way Yahoo is writing > the csv file? > > I'll keep digging into it. >
It's Yahoo. They're not providing a currency for BTCUSD. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.
