.. _whatsnew_050:

v0.5.0 (July 25, 2017)
----------------------

This is a major release from 0.4.0. We recommend that all users upgrade.

Highlights include:

- Compat with the new Yahoo iCharts API. Yahoo removed the older API, this release restores ability to download from Yahoo. (:issue:`315`)

.. contents:: What's new in v0.5.0
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.. _whatsnew_050.enhancements:

Enhancements
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- ``DataReader`` now supports Quandl, see :ref:`here<remote_data.removed>` (:issue:`361`).

.. _whatsnew_050.api_breaking:

Backwards incompatible API changes
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

- Removed Oanda as it became subscription only (:issue:`296`).

.. _whatsnew_050.bug_fixes:

Bug Fixes
~~~~~~~~~

- web sessions are closed properly at the end of use (:issue:`355`)
- Handle commas in large price quotes (:issue:`345`)
- Test suite fixes for test_get_options_data (:issue:`352`)
- Test suite fixes for test_wdi_download (:issue:`350`)
- avoid monkey patching requests.Session (:issue:`301`)
- :func:`get_data_yahoo` now treats ``'null'`` strings as missing values  (:issue:`342`)
