[R-SIG-Finance] Adding data providers to quantmod

[Jeff Ryan]

Hi Brian,

There isn't a great way to do this yet.  The dispatch internally is
essentially nothing more that paste("getSymbols",src, sep=".").

quantmod:::getSymbols.skeleton is a starting place, as would be any of
the current methods.

I will be adding something closer to 'newTA' to auto-generate the
function for you (within reason), but it is not done yet.

What data sources are you thinking of (besides the census)?  Are there
public API (official or unofficial)?

Jeff

On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Brian Lee Yung Rowe <brian at muxspace.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using quantmod to download FRED data and am interested in downloading
> series from other providers (e.g. the Census Bureau). Is there a method for
> attaching new getSymbols.* to the getSymbols interface or other recommended
> practice for consolidating the data retrieval process?
>
> Thanks,
> Brian
>
>
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