Problems updating mutual fund prices using Yahoo.com

[Jack]

Yes, updating to Ubuntu 18.04 will definitely get you KMyMoney 5.x,  
although I'm not certain which exact version.

I have no idea how you were getting useful data from Yahoo that  
recently, but I don't think those old discussions will help you.  There  
have been lots of suggestions, and I suppose people have found  
solutions that work for them - I ended up using the FT source, and even  
there, for a few securities I had to explicitly include the exchange in  
the name (appending :NYE to the symbol, for example, if it was the New  
York Stock Exchange.)  One problem is that just upgrading KMyMoney will  
not update the price sources, because of how they are stored for you,  
but after you upgrade, if you still have problems fetching prices, post  
back here, and someone will get it working again for you.

Jack


On 2018.12.31 18:34, Jane Hadley wrote:
> The last time I successfully updated my mutual fund prices was maybe  
> two
> weeks ago. I do vaguely recall the discussion on this mailing list of
> problems with the Yahoo service, but I personally was not having a  
> problem
> at the time so I didn't pay close attention. I'll go back and look for
> those discussions. Has any substitute been found?
> 
> I may just update to Ubuntu 18.04 and maybe the 5.02 will show up in  
> the
> repository when I do that.
> 
> Thanks for the response.
> 
> Jane
> 
> 
> On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 2:38 PM Jack <ostroffjh at users.sourceforge.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > On 2018.12.31 16:34, Jane Hadley wrote:
> > > For the last several days, I have been unable to update mutual  
> fund
> > > prices
> > > in KMyMoney.
> > >
> > > I am using KMyMoney Version 4.6.6 on my Ubuntu 16.04 desktop  
> machine.
> > >
> > > When I go Tools-->Prices -->Update Stock and Currency Prices and  
> then
> > > click
> > > on "Update All," I get the following error message:
> > >
> > > Fetching URL
> > >
> >  
> https://query1.finance.yahoo.com/v7/finance/quote?fields=regularMarketPrice&symbols=ACRNX
> > .
> > > ..
> > > Timeout on server query1.finance.yahoo.com: Socket operation  
> timed out
> > > Unable to update price for ACRNX (empty quote data)
> > >
> > >
> > > Is anybody else having the same problem?
> > >
> > > Suggestions welcome.
> > >
> > > PS - I would like to update to KMyMoney 5.02, but when I use  
> Synaptic
> > > to do
> > > so, the latest version it offers is the version I have installed:
> > > 4.6.6. I
> > > also wouldn't mind some guidance on how to find and install a safe
> > > version
> > > of 5.02 with the least technical knowledge required.
> > >
> > I'll ask when price updates (stock OR mutual fund) last worked for
> > you.  Yahoo stopped supporting that service quite a while ago, and  
> it
> > was discussed significantly on this and the developers mailing  
> lists.
> > The problem is with Yahoo, and not with KMyMoney, so there is not  
> much
> > to do on this end, except find another source.  However, that is
> > completely separate from updating your software.
> >
> > Ubuntu 16.0.4 is pretty old, but still supported until next April.   
> The
> > main problem is that version is still using KDE4 libraries.   
> KMyMoney
> > 5.0 and later use KDE Frameworks, which are a major update, and not  
> all
> > bits of the version 4 libraries and version 5 frameworks can coexist
> > (although most are OK.)  I'm a bit surprised that Ubuntu doesn't  
> have
> > 4.8 available, which isn't 5.0, but 4.6 is very old, and has had no
> > updates in a long time.  I don't use Ubuntu, so it's only an  
> educated
> > guess, but I think your best bet would be to try using Clay Weber's  
> PPA
> > (https://launchpad.net/~claydoh/+archive/ubuntu/kmymoney-testing).
> > There are instructions on that page, and hopefully someone who has  
> done
> > it will be able to help with any problems you have.
> >
> > One thing I would also ask is what exact version of Ubuntu are you  
> on?
> > If not 16.04.5, updating to that might get you to 4.8, and I'll  
> guess
> > that the PPA I mentioned might assume you are fully up to date with
> > whatever version of Ubuntu you are using.
> >
> > Jack
>