You're missing that the environment in your shell isn't necessarily the one that GnuCash sees unless you launch GnuCash from that shell. Enter your API key in Preferences>Online Quotes to cover that case.
Regards, John Ralls > On May 28, 2022, at 4:42 PM, Steve <zep...@cfl.rr.com> wrote: > > When I do Tools->Price Database->Get Quotes I get: > > ERROR: ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY must be set for currency and quotes. > See > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Online_Quotes/#Source_Alphavantage.-2C_US > > and yet: > > steve@stevesdesktop:~/Downloads$ env|grep ALPHAVANTAGE > ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY=D5IXXXXXXXXXXX > > steve@stevesdesktop:~/Downloads$ gnc-fq-dump currency GBP USD > 1 GBP = 1.2630887 USD > > steve@stevesdesktop:~/Downloads$ gnc-fq-dump yahoo_json GOOGL > Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses: > symbol: GOOGL <=== required > date: 05/27/2022 <=== recommended > currency: USD <=== required > last: 2246.33 <=\ > nav: <=== one of these > price: <=/ > timezone: <=== optional > steve@stevesdesktop:~/Downloads$ > > I have all my quotes set up to use yahoo_json so what am I missing? > > Steve > _______________________________________________ > 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. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.