[kmymoney] [Bug 469431] Need better way to handle changes in stock price quote source

[Ralf Habacker]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=469431

Ralf Habacker <ralf.habacker at freenet.de> changed:

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--- Comment #28 from Ralf Habacker <ralf.habacker at freenet.de> ---
(In reply to KB.claim from comment #27)
> Is there any news on getting online quotes?

> I started using kMyMoney 6 month ago, and since then there are permanent
> issues with the online quotes.

You not the only one with this issue. :-/

> First yahoo started to fail (and it seems to do so still), then after
> another weekend of researching and trying finally finance-quote worked.
> Sadly this one is not working anymore, no idea what it is this time that
> fails - its really frustrating - instaed of a few minutes to update the
> accounting again the tool fails!

This is comparable to a car owner who wants to fill the gas tank of his car,
but the gas stations often change the tank nozzle so that it no longer fits. 

The problem is that the operators of the Yahoo website frequently change the
available interfaces so that they no longer work.

> IS THERE ANY HINT ON WHICH DATA SOURCE FOR ONLINE RATES WORKS WITH kMyMoney
> AND HOW THIS CAN BE SETUP?

In the settings dialog for the online quote source, you can try out this URL as
a CSV URL  
https://query1.finance.yahoo.com/v7/finance/download/%1-%2?events=history&includeAdjustedClose=true 

A fairly new approach is to use a build from the 'alkquotes' branch of the
kmymoney git repo, see
https://invent.kde.org/office/kmymoney/-/tree/work/thb/alkquotes?ref_type=heads,
which includes support for using online quotes from https://store.kde.org.
A corresponding online course source from yahoo.com has been provided, see
https://store.kde.org/p/1284581/ and should be usable with the mentioned build.

> I use portfolio performance for years and had not the slightest problems
> getting online rates. 

You are using an online source with a stable interface ? But that can't be
Yahoo in my opinion.

> Why can kmyMoney not implement a stable data source?

I think this has already been answered above and will be better with the new
approach described above, once these customizations have been integrated into
the master branch and into a stable release.

In this case, a change only needs to be made in one place, and users will be
informed about it the next time they start kmymoney.

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