Do we know if any of these sources offer apis to the data? Screen scraping will become increasingly more difficult.
I imagine access to the APIs, if they exist, would cost something. Like with one of my American banks, they allow for free ofx file download but if I want my financial software to connect directly, they charge like $20 a month. See here it us: https://www.google.com/amp/s/rapidapi.com/blog/how-to-use-the-yahoo-finance-api/amp/ They have an API. 500 free hits. As an application that would not be enough for all the users. Options: 1. Can KDE capture the data daily? And store it in a cache? All kde users can have that as a source option if only updating once a day. 2. Or Can it be programmed where we let every user request their own API access key and they use it in their own instance? We would need a form to capture the input from the user. I have not applied for any API key. No idea what is required. Thanks, JV On Mon, Jan 13, 2020, 10:54 Jack <ostrof...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > If you want any real help, you need to cooperate and give us some > information we can follow up on. Which sources have you tried (at least > one example) and what stock symbol? Without that, we don't know if your > particular problem is the same as anyone else's. If you read through all > the treads mentioned, you would have a better understanding of why this is > so hard. You are correct that it really should not be so hard, but because > every source provides their data in different formats, and they change > those formats at will and with no announcement, it IS difficult to keep up > with all those changes. In addition, the design of the KMM price update > process makes it hard to automatically push such changes, even if we know > about them, without possibly needing some manual intervention from the > user. > > The basic reason it has gone from almost always working to the current > state is that most/all of the sources have accelerated the rate at which > they make changes to their web sites, possibly because of the increase in > use. If you look at the web site, you see their ads. If KMM downloads the > data, nobody sees the ads. They want you to see the ads, so they change > the format. > > Again, if you want to make it work, you need to give us a concrete example > of an attempt that failed for you. > > In my own case, I have had recent luck using the Finance::Quote (there is > a checkbox on the stock's final configuration page). If you check that > box, then the "sources" dropdown is filled with the F::Q sources. I have > had luck selecting yahoo_json from that list. > > Jack > On 1/13/20 10:48 AM, George Simonis wrote: > > I've tried 3 or 4 sources that are listed on the drop down. No luck. If > tey don't work, why are they still listed as sources? Am I the only one > having these problems?It used to be easy to update the stocks, now it is > impossible. > > On Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 01:47:01 PM EST, Jack > <ostrof...@users.sourceforge.net> <ostrof...@users.sourceforge.net> > wrote: > > > George, > > What source are you using for the updates? As Thomas said, some sites, > such as Yahoo, have simply stopped providing that service, so it simply > won't work, and there is nothing KMyMoney can do about it. Some have > changed the format of what they provide, so we might be able to adjust > the settings for that source, but we would need to know which source. > Did you look through the forum as Thomas suggested? In terms of errors > - is there really nothing more than "failed to update"? Is that on > console or in a pop-up? > > Jack > > On 2020.01.08 12:36, George Simonis wrote: > > The stocks, mutual funds, do not update at all. Instead I get failed > > to update in red, and then nothing. The stocks used to update easily. > > There was an "update all" button, and presto, they were updated. NOT > > SO in the last 2 years.Now it(investments ) have to be manually > > updated which is a pain in the butt! What happened to the easy > > updates? > > > > On Monday, January 6, 2020, 3:01:20 PM EST, Thomas Baumgart > > <t...@net-bembel.de> wrote: > > > > George, > > > > some sources have changed their data format others have seized their > > operation. There are a couple of discussion threads on the KMyMoney > > forum at https://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=69 > > > > In order to give some more advice or analyze your situation we would > > need some details about the problem (e.g. error messages that are > > shown on the GUI or a console). > > > > Regards > > > > Thomas > > > > > > > > On Montag, 6. Januar 2020 16:55:22 CET George Simonis wrote: > > > > > Thomas, I have used Kmymoney for years, and up til about a year or > > so ago, was always able to update my stocks through the program. That > > has stopped and for some reason, I cannot update the stocks at all. > > Do the latest Kmymoneys fix the problem? I enjoyed having the stocks > > update automatically, and now the stocks are a big mess. HELP! > > > > > > On Friday, January 3, 2020, 05:30:23 PM EST, Thomas Baumgart > > <t...@net-bembel.de> wrote: > > > > > > Larry, > > > > > > On Freitag, 3. Januar 2020 23:10:16 CET Larry Cutrone wrote: > > > > > > > I recently downloaded KMYMoney to migrate away from Quicken. I > > like the > > > > look & feel, and can tolerate having to start from scratch to add > > categories > > > > with which I am familiar. > > > > > > Did you know, that you can try to import a QIF file to keep your > > history? Might be worth a try, your mileage may vary though. > > > > > > > I added several accounts and on my 1st attempt > > > > ran into date issues since my bank used 4 digit and the program > > only allows > > > > for 2 digit year. Is there a way to change this? > > > > > > The date format is usually controlled by the KDE system settings. > > KMyMoney just uses that. Or am I misunderstanding the question? > > > > > > > 2nd question is how do I > > > > find options to set up my accounts to updated from my bank via > > online > > > > banking? > > > > > > That depends on the possibilities your bank supports. Usually you > > use "Account/Map account" to setup direct online processing of > > statement/transaction data. Another possibility is to import CSV > > files. > > > > > > > Any help will be much appreciated even if it is to read some > > > > documentation (as long as I know where it is). > > > > > > Documentation can be found here: > > https://kmymoney.org/documentation.php > > > > > > Hope that helps and gets you started. > >
