[ASTPPCOM-445] Currency import broken by retired API (again) Created: 27/Jun/18  Updated: 01/Apr/21  Resolved: 01/Apr/21

Status: Done
Project: ASTPP Community
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: None
Fix Version/s: None

Type: New Feature
Reporter: alexheylin Assignee: Samir Doshi
Resolution: Done Votes: 0
Labels: None
Remaining Estimate: Not Specified
Time Spent: Not Specified
Original Estimate: Not Specified


 Description   

Shortly after this was kindly rewritten in v3.6, fixer.io retired the old API and the new one only allows the base currency to be EUR in the free plan. Doh!

I'm working on changing to a new API. I'll probably use https://1forge.com/forex-data-api/pricing unless anyone has better suggestion? Needs to allow a choice of base currency, and be free then very cheap for low usage. We'll encourage users to pay, but ideally not require them to in order to use the feature.

I'm also looking to add ability to allow for a percentage to be lost in currency conversion, so rate in ASTPP DB is closer to the rate you actually get and not the "wholesale" rate from the API. This can cover bank charges etc.

I'll submit PR when ready.



 Comments   
Comment by alexheylin [ 28/Jun/18 ]

PR issued https://github.com/iNextrix/ASTPP/pull/446
Users will need to sign up for free API key from https://1forge.com/forex-data-api/pricing and enter it into Configuration > Settings.
Users can change currency loss percentage also in Configuration > Settings.

Comment by Samir Doshi [ 12/Jul/18 ]

Closing this issue as we are going to merge PR ASTPPCOM-446 when you ready.

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