Problems updating mutual fund prices using Yahoo.com

[Brendan Coupe]

I still use Yahoo quotes. The last note I have concerning the mess
that Yahoo caused after Verizon bought them is copied below.

The settings below work for me in the master branch, which is 5 based.
I think I used them in 4.8 before upgrading to 5.

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Yahoo Quotes stopped working:

Code: Select all
    URL: https://query1.finance.yahoo.com/v7/finance/quote?fields=regularMarketPrice&symbols=%1
    Symbol: %1
    Price: "regularMarketPrice":((\d+|\d{1,3}(?:[,]\d{3})).\d+)
    Date: "regularMarketTime":([\d]+)
    Date Format: [empty]
    Skip HTML stripping: [checked]


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Brendan Coupe

On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 4:47 PM Jack <ostroffjh at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
> 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
> >
>