Problems updating mutual fund prices using Yahoo.com

Tue Jan 1 01:57:48 GMT 2019

Hi Brendan - The settings you give are exactly as my KMyMoney is configured
for updating prices. This worked for me on December 7, 2018 and before but
when I tried to update Friday, December 28, it did not work. I tried it
today and it again did not work.

Jane

On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 4:19 PM Brendan Coupe <brendan at coupeware.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> ========================================
> 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]
>
>
> ----
> 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
> > >
> >
>
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