Error ('404 not found' )in getting getSymbols() in quantmod

Asked Oct 09 '16 at 20:52

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I am using quantmod to run analysis on financial data.I am trying to fetch data from google finance, but I am getting an error.

Error in download.file and HTTP status '404 Not Found'

install.packages('quantmod')
setSymbolLookup(QQQ='yahoo',SPY='google')
getSymbols("NSE:JISLJALEQS",src="google") # from google finance

edited Jan 08 '17 at 15:34

Joshua Ulrich

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The error is because Google Finance does not provide a historical data download for that instrument. There's nothing quantmod::getSymbols can do.

If you look on the Google Finance historical prices page, you will see that there is no "Download to spreadsheet" link under the chart on the right.

answered Oct 11 '16 at 13:26

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so how should I get historical prices? – 1111 Oct 12 '16 at 21:43
@NiranjanGd: Use a data provider that supplies them. If you're desperate to get the Google Finance data, you can always scrape the HTML (but please do not ask that to be added to quantmod). – Joshua Ulrich Oct 13 '16 at 02:37
ya ok. I shall try that. @Joshua Ulrich – 1111 Oct 14 '16 at 01:10