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

[Paul Gover]

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

Paul Gover <pmw.gover at yahoo.co.uk> changed:

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--- Comment #26 from Paul Gover <pmw.gover at yahoo.co.uk> ---
I wonder if there's mileage in using Yahoo's portfolio stuff.

I have a Yahoo ID, and so can log on, and set up a portfolio - a list of
symbols.  It doesn't appear to want numbers of shares.
I can then export the portfolio.  This creates a CSV file containing 
Symbol  Current Price   Date    Time    Change  Open    High    Low     Volume
and other fields which I guess are populated if you provide more details on
your holdings.

Other finance web sites offer similar APIs.

Advantage of this is it should be a stable API.
Disadvantage is that you need to register with Yahoo, and download the stuff
outside of kmymoney;

It's possible to Import a portfolio to Yahoo; I guess the information wanted is
on the Investments->Securities tab in kmymoney, except I can't find a way to
say cut and paste or export it to CSV!

I tried importing this using the 5.1.3 CSV Stock Prices importer, but the
damned thing requires the file to be prices and dates for one holding
identified by name (what?  why on earth not symbol!), not multiple stocks.

I'll try the v8 importer script for now.

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