[R-SIG-Finance] TSE ticker problems

[R. Michael Weylandt]

Hi Paul,

Are you sure you're not looking for the src= argument of getSymbols()?

Best,
Michael

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Paul Gilbert <pgilbert902 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have been having trouble retrieving some TSE series from yahoo:
>
>> require("quantmod")
>> getSymbols("BMO.TO", dbname="yahoo")
>
> works but
>
>> getSymbols("COS.TO", dbname="yahoo")
>
> appears to have worked but has actually failed:
>
>> str(COS.TO)
> An 'xts' object of zero-width
>
> It seems to be getting the header, but no data. I have also tried with
> Google Finance:
>
>> getSymbols("TSE:COS", dbname="google")
>  Error in download.file(paste(yahoo.URL, "s=", Symbols.name, "&a=", from.m,
> :
>   cannot open URL
> 'http://chart.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=TSE:COS&a=0&b=01&c=2007&d=6&e=11&f=2012&g=d&q=q&y=0&z=TSE:COS&x=.csv'
> In addition: Warning message:
> In download.file(paste(yahoo.URL, "s=", Symbols.name, "&a=", from.m,  :
>   cannot open: HTTP status was '404 Not Found'
>
> I'm not sure if I have the syntax correct for indicating an exchange on
> google. Does anyone have suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>
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