[R-SIG-Finance] Yahoo Finance API change

[Joshua Ulrich]

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 8:17 PM, Alec Schmidt <aschmid1 at stevens.edu> wrote:
> IMHO it's not necessarily quantmod problem. I use get.hist.quote() from tseries, which, too,  yields the same error 502.

I don't think it's only a quantmod problem either, which is why I said
most functions that download from Yahoo Finance will no longer work.

I mentioned getSymbols.yahoo because that's the most popular function
I maintain that uses the Yahoo Finance API.

> ________________________________________
> From: R-SIG-Finance <r-sig-finance-bounces at r-project.org> on behalf of Joshua Ulrich <josh.m.ulrich at gmail.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 9:11 PM
> To: r-sig-finance
> Subject: [R-SIG-Finance] Yahoo Finance API change
>
> Hi all,
>
> Just wanted to let the list know that Yahoo Finance changed their API
> and most download functions will no longer work.  It looks like
> getting it working will require creating and tracking a session with
> the Yahoo Finance servers.
>
> If you're interested in quantmod::getSymbols.yahoo, you can track
> progress on the fix on the GitHub issue I created:
> https://github.com/joshuaulrich/quantmod/issues/157
>
> Best,
> Josh
>
>
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