Error: yahoo returned zero currency data

thrasher-corp / gocryptotrader

A cryptocurrency trading bot and framework supporting multiple exchanges written in Golang.

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Error: yahoo returned zero currency data #77

Closed uncentral closed 6 years ago

uncentral commented 6 years ago

runs well until this error:

error 2018/01/08 19:28:09 Currency recv: {"query":{"count":0,"created":"2018-01-08T18:28:07Z","lang":"en-US","results":null}} 2018/01/08 19:28:09 Fatal error retrieving config currencies. Error: yahoo returned zero currency data

thrasher- commented 6 years ago

Unfortunately this is a random issue caused by Yahoo, their finance API use to work perfectly but now it occasionally doesn't return any currency data. In the latest version of GCT, it will switch the provider to 'fixer'.

You can also edit your config.json file as follows;

'CurrencyExchangeProvider": "fixer"

daniel-cohen commented 6 years ago

@thrasher- Sorry to comment on closed issue, but I believe yahoo blocked the forex service completely and you can remove the yahoo specific code. See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5108399/yahoo-finance-all-currencies-quote-api-documentation

This is the best free alternative I've found: https://free.currencyconverterapi.com/