Quandl
Data
financial and economic datasets api
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
6 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 0 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.43.
Idea: 2 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful collection of hard-to-find datasets
From 3 comments
I've been using this service for a while now (it was wikiposit before they came up with a snazzy interface, better API, and new name). It's really useful and has a lot of…
dave_sullivan on HNJust stumbled on this a few days ago. Awesome work!
cliftonk on HNGood stuff! Started playing with it and I love the interface. Can't wait to see what kind of studies will emerge thanks to this tool.
cachemeifyoucan on HN
Clean interface
From 1 comment
Good stuff! Started playing with it and I love the interface. Can't wait to see what kind of studies will emerge thanks to this tool.
cachemeifyoucan on HN
Objections
Brazilian Central Bank data link was broken with an expired session error
From 1 comment
Wow, thank you very much for this! One criticism, though: there is no clear mention of the service being free (as I think it is, from the login process). Maybe it might be…
gustavopr on HN
Interface issues with the time slider and legend
From 1 comment
A few thoughts for the online interface: 1) When dragging the time selection slider (below the stage chart), it doesn't move if your cursor moves out of the vertical bounds. 2)…
isharabash on HN
Free status and API limits not clearly stated
From 1 comment
Wow, thank you very much for this! One criticism, though: there is no clear mention of the service being free (as I think it is, from the login process). Maybe it might be…
gustavopr on HN
Requests
State free status and API limits in the FAQ
From 1 comment
Wow, thank you very much for this! One criticism, though: there is no clear mention of the service being free (as I think it is, from the login process). Maybe it might be…
gustavopr on HN
Fix slider and legend behaviour
From 1 comment
A few thoughts for the online interface: 1) When dragging the time selection slider (below the stage chart), it doesn't move if your cursor moves out of the vertical bounds. 2)…
isharabash on HN
Questions
Where does the data come from, and are there licensing issues with scraped exchange data
From 1 comment
This looks awesome! Where does the data come from? Is this a screenscraped source, or was the data purchased from a reliable data source? If it was screenscraped, are there…
steven2012 on HN
Will it become a paid service
From 1 comment
This looks like an _awesome_ service! If you don't mind me asking, do you have any grand plans for it business-wise? Will it become a paid service in the future? edit: ah, I see…
blaabjerg on HN
Alternatives named
Wikiposit, the earlier name of this service
From 1 comment
I've been using this service for a while now (it was wikiposit before they came up with a snazzy interface, better API, and new name). It's really useful and has a lot of…
dave_sullivan on HN