Thanks Geoff, yes I think I did though I will recheck this. I've also tried this with an alternative key in case the first was the problem.
David Sent from my iPhone > On 18 Jul 2021, at 13:55, Geoff <cleanoutmys...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi David > > Did you remember to set your alphavantage key as an environment variable when > testing with Perl from the command line? > > Can you try this: > > C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin>set > ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY=__Your_Actual_Key__ > > C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin>echo %ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY% > __Your_Actual_Key__ > > C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin>echo (currency "USD" "GBP") | perl > gnc-fq-helper > (("USD" (symbol . "USD") (gnc:time-no-zone . "2021-03-10 08:40:01") (last . > #e0.72002) (currency . "GBP"))) > > C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin>echo (currency "EUR" "RON") | perl > gnc-fq-helper > (("EUR" (symbol . "EUR") (gnc:time-no-zone . "2021-03-10 08:45:05") (last . > #e4.8841) (currency . "RON"))) > > > Also, it is normal to get the blank command window when doing Get Quotes on > Windows. > > Regards > > Geoff > ===== > >> On 18/07/2021 8:04 pm, david.rom...@davidjromano.com wrote: >> I'm having a problem with GNC-FQ not being able to retrieve currency data >> for the GBP / EUR currency pair. >> I had previously used FQ back when the data source was Yahoo, but when the >> Yahoo died I stopped using it. >> I now need to pick up GBP and EUR rates so I've installed the components >> required to get the Alphavantage feed to work - or so I hoped! >> Here's where I've got to so far: >> 1. I updated GNU Cash to current 4.6. >> 2. I installed Strawberry Perl version 5.32.1.1 >> 3. I'm Running Windows 10 Professional 21H1 build 19043.110 >> 4. I added my aphhavantage key in Preferences \ Online Quotes >> 5. I ran perl gnc-fq-check and got the following result: >> C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin>perl gnc-fq-check >> ("1.51" "aex" "alphavantage" "amfiindia" "asegr" "asx" "aufunds" "australia" >> "bamosz" "bet" "bloomberg" "bourso" "bse" "bseindia" "canada" "canadamutual" >> "comdirect" "cse" "deka" "dutch" "dwsfunds" "europe" "fetch_live_currencies" >> "fidelity" "fidelity_direct" "finanzpartner" "fondsweb" "fool" "ftfunds" >> "fundata" "fundlibrary" "goldmoney" "greece" "hu" "hufund" "hungary" >> "hustock" "iexcloud" "india" "indiamutual" "known_currencies" >> "morningstarau" "morningstarjp" "mstaruk" "nasdaq" "nseindia" "nyse" "nzx" >> "onvista" "oslobors" "romania" "seb_funds" "six" "tiaacref" "tmx" >> "tradeville" "troweprice" "troweprice_direct" "tsp" "ukfunds" "unionfunds" >> "usa" "usfedbonds" "yahoo_json" "za") >> 6. I ran perl gnc-fq-update and got the following result: >> C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin>perl gnc-fq-update >> Database was generated on Sat, 17 Jul 2021 11:42:13 GMT >> Date::Manip is up to date (6.85). >> Finance::Quote is up to date (1.51). >> 7. I tested the alphavantage data feed using this URL string and got >> the following result: >> https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function=CURRENCY_EXCHANGE_RATE&from_curre >> ncy=GBP&to_currency=EUR&apikey=[MYKEY} >> Realtime Currency Exchange Rate >> 1. From_Currency Code "GBP" >> 2. From_Currency Name "British Pound Sterling" >> 3. To_Currency Code "EUR" >> 4. To_Currency Name "Euro" >> 5. Exchange Rate "1.16550000" >> 6. Last Refreshed "2021-07-18 09:00:04" >> 7. Time Zone "UTC" >> 8. Bid Price "1.16544000" >> 9. Ask Price "1.16555000" >> All looked good so I set the two currencies GBP and EUR to get online quotes >> in the Security Editor. >> I then switched to the Price Database and clicked Get Quotes only to get the >> following failure message: >> Interestingly, when I click the Get Quotes button (and when I open GNU >> Cash) >> Perl pops a blank CMD window (C:Strawbery\perl\bin\perl.exe) and the window >> closes without being populated. >> I then created a new alphavantage key which I updated in GNC preferences, >> but I got the same result when I ran Get Quotes. >> I next tried the following code example: >> cd \Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin >> set ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY=[MYKEY] >> perl gnc-fq-dump alphavantage CSCO >> Which generated the following output: >> C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin>perl gnc-fq-dump alphavantage EUR >> syswrite() on unopened filehandle GEN0 at >> C:/Strawberry/perl/lib/IO/Handle.pm line 459. >> Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses: >> symbol: EUR (deduced) <=== required >> date: ** missing ** <=== recommended >> currency: ** missing ** <=== required >> last: **missing** <=\ >> nav: **missing** <=== one of these >> price: **missing** <=/ >> timezone: <=== optional >> My immediate thought was that either GNC or PERL were being blocked by Win >> 10 security so I explicitly added both Perl Interpreter and GNC to the apps >> allowed through Windows Firewall - both private and public. This made no >> difference. >> I then wondered if the problem was IP blocking so tried again over a VPN, >> thus a different IP. This made no difference. >> I'm not a Perl programmer so I'm now pretty much stuck. Possibly I've missed >> something very obvious or else there is something strange going on here >> which I don't understand. >> If anyone can suggest how to diagnose the issue from here, or better still >> fix the issue, I'd very much appreciate the help. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. _______________________________________________ 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. 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