Finance::Quote FAQ Paul Fenwick (pjf at cpan.org) 0. TABLE OF CONTENTS ==================== 0. Table of Contents. 1. Where's the Finance::Quote webpage? 2. Where can I get a beginner's introduction to F::Q? 3. How can I use proxyauth (experimental)? 4. Is there anything similar to F::Q in other programming languages? 5. Where can I get more help? 6. Is there commercial support for F::Q available? 1. Where is the Finance::Quote webpage? ======================================= http://finance-quote.sourceforge.net/ 2. Where can I get a beginner's introduction to F::Q? ===================================================== A good beginner's guide is the Finance::Quote article in The Perl Journal (http://www.tpj.com/) edition #19. If you don't have a subscription to TPJ, you can also read the final draft of this essay at <http://finance-quote.sourceforge.net/documentation.html>. 3. How can I use proxyauth (experimental)? ========================================== WARNING: THIS SUPPORT IS EXPERIMENTAL AND SYNTAX _WILL_ CHANGE IN THE FUTURE. If it breaks, you get to keep both pieces. Finance::Quote provides experimental support for authenticated proxies. If you wish to try this, then put the following at the top of your script. use Finance::Quote; $Finance::Quote::USE_EXPERIMENTAL_UA = 1; This adds extra features on top of the regular LWP::UserAgent class. In particular, you can now do things like this: my $q = Finance::Quote->new(); $q->user_agent->default_headers->proxy_authorization_basic($user,$pass); The result of $q->user_agent->default_headers is a HTTP::Headers object, and can use all the regular HTTP::Headers methods. This object is used as a template for any new HTTP requests made by Finance::Quote. 4. Is there anything similar to F::Q in other programming languages? ==================================================================== Vidyut Luther has written a stock-lookup library in PHP. It's available at <http://www.gotslack.com/stocks/> Bill Bell has written a stock-lookup library in Java. It's available at <http://www.aboutbillbell.com/>. Follow the "Code Downloads" link in the left sidebar. 5. Where can I get more help? ============================= If you haven't already done so, try the Finance::Quote webpage at <http://finance-quote.sourceforge.net/>. There are also lots of fun things like bug-tracking systems, support requests, forums, and other goodies at <https://sourceforge.net/projects/finance-quote/>. Finally, you can always try sending mail to the Finance::Quote developer's list, at <finance-quote-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>. The archives of this list are available on-line at <http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=4232>.