[R] Downloading Google finance data onto R

[Joshua Ulrich]

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 6:36 AM, Duncan Murdoch
<murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 26/01/2016 7:16 AM, Christofer Bogaso wrote:
>>
>> Hi dear,
>>
>> I was trying to download a Google TS data directly onto R from this link :
>>
>>
>> https://www.google.com/finance?q=NSE%3ALIQUIDBEES&ei=xlGnVuiPJ9eDuQSZ05OICw
>>
>> Used following function, however R generates error.
>>
>>> library(quantmod)
>>> getSymbols(Symbols = "LIQUIDBEES", src = "google")
>>
>> Error in download.file(paste(google.URL, "q=", Symbols.name,
>> "&startdate=",  :
>>    cannot open URL
>>
>> 'http://finance.google.com/finance/historical?q=LIQUIDBEES&startdate=Jan+01,+2007&enddate=Jan+26,+2016&output=csv'
>> In addition: Warning message:
>> In download.file(paste(google.URL, "q=", Symbols.name, "&startdate=",  :
>>    cannot open: HTTP status was '404 Not Found'
>>
>> Could you please guide me how can I download that data directly to R?
>> I have also tried with Yahoo finance data, but got the same error.
>
>
> That symbol should be "LIQUIDBEES.BO" on Yahoo.  Google appears to have
> changed its interface, so src = "google" doesn't work.  You will probably
> have to manually download the Google history, or debug and fix
> getSymbols.google in quantmod.
>
Nice job finding the correct symbol for Yahoo Finance.  That should
give Christofer what he wants.

I don't think Google changed its interface, because
quantmod::getSymbols.google *does* work for instruments where Google
provides a download link. For example:
getSymbols("SPY", src="google")

As I said in my prior response, Google does not make data for
LIQUIDBEES available for download.

> Duncan Murdoch
>
>
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