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[ASTPPCOM-262] CurrencyUpdate will always fail because Yahoo have withdrawn the feed. https://jira.astppbilling.org/browse/ASTPPCOM-262 ASTPP Community <p>Suggest using <a href="http://fixer.io/" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">http://fixer.io/</a> with is provided by European Central Bank.<br/> API can be a bit slow - but should live for a long time.</p> ASTPPCOM-262

CurrencyUpdate will always fail because Yahoo have withdrawn the feed.

New Feature Done Done Samir Doshi alexheylin open_for_contribution Sat, 11 Nov 2017 09:55:53 +0530 Sun, 27 Oct 2019 15:50:08 +0530 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 18:45:30 +0530 0 0 <p>Oh yeah. We getting "It has come to our attention that this service is being used in violation of the Yahoo Terms of Service. As such, the service is being discontinued. For all future markets and equities data research, please refer to finance.yahoo.com.". </p> <p>Thanks for letting us know. </p> <p>We will look at fixer.io. </p> <p>Does anyone have any other alternative which we can consider for implementation? If so then please let us know. </p> <p>Thanks Samir.<br/> I realise this is a feature request, but as this will get rewritten anyway</p> <ul class="alternate" type="square"> <li>would it be possible to have an option to allow a percentage decrease to<br/> allow for currency exchange fees?<br/> Thanks<br/> Alex</li> </ul> <p>On 15 Nov 2017 08:49, "Samir Doshi" <notifications@github.com> wrote:</p> <p>> Oh yeah. We getting "It has come to our attention that this service is<br/> > being used in violation of the Yahoo Terms of Service. As such, the service<br/> > is being discontinued. For all future markets and equities data research,<br/> > please refer to finance.yahoo.com.".<br/> ><br/> > Thanks for letting us know.<br/> ><br/> > We will look at fixer.io.<br/> ><br/> > Does anyone have any other alternative which we can consider for<br/> > implementation? If so then please let us know.<br/> ><br/> > —<br/> > You are receiving this because you authored the thread.<br/> > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<br/> > <<a href="https://github.com/iNextrix/ASTPP/issues/262#issuecomment-344525371" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://github.com/iNextrix/ASTPP/issues/262#issuecomment-344525371</a>>, or mute<br/> > the thread<br/> > <<a href="https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAQifcPSiXmsja-2F8_bVmLTilZvU0foks5s2qWUgaJpZM4QaXMY" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAQifcPSiXmsja-2F8_bVmLTilZvU0foks5s2qWUgaJpZM4QaXMY</a>><br/> > .<br/> ></p> <p>That's fine. We understand it may impact to many users who are using exchange on daily basis. We just want to know if someone else have any other service information which we can look at. As soon as service will be finalized, we will update the souce code and release updated currency script. </p> <p>Regarding percentage decrease, please explain with example for better understanding. </p> <p>Re exchange loss (charge / fee) percentage -</p> <p>Say the GBP/USD rate is 1.30 but we pay 3% fee, and we know we won't get<br/> exactly the market rate anyway we might set a 4% "currency loss / fee" to<br/> ensure we always cover the fees etc in the conversion.</p> <p>$effective_rate = $market_rate * ( (100 - $currency_loss) / 100)</p> <p>$effective_rate = 1.3 * ( ( 100 - 4) / 100 )<br/> $effective_rate = 1.3 * ( 96 / 100 )<br/> $effective_rate = 1.3 * ( 0.96 )</p> <p>$effective_rate = 1.248</p> <p>Now say we're doing USD/GBP at 0.8, still with 4% loss</p> <p>$effective_rate = $market_rate * ( (100 - $currency_loss) / 100)</p> <p>$effective_rate = 0.8 * ( ( 100 - 4) / 100 )<br/> $effective_rate = 0.8 * ( 0.96 )</p> <p>$effective_rate = 0.768</p> <p>Currently reading in the daily market rate would lead to us understating<br/> our costs (in USD) which would lead to overstating our profits in base<br/> currency of GBP.<br/> Apologies if I've misunderstood something in ASTPP, but I've only been<br/> using it for a couple of weeks.<br/> Thanks very much</p> <p>On 15 Nov 2017 10:34 am, "Samir Doshi" <notifications@github.com> wrote:</p> <p>> That's fine. We understand it may impact to many users who are using<br/> > exchange on daily basis. We just want to know if someone else have any<br/> > other service information which we can look at. As soon as service will be<br/> > finalized, we will update the souce code and release updated currency<br/> > script.<br/> ><br/> > Regarding percentage decrease, please explain with example for better<br/> > understanding.<br/> ><br/> > —<br/> > You are receiving this because you authored the thread.<br/> > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<br/> > <<a href="https://github.com/iNextrix/ASTPP/issues/262#issuecomment-344552251" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://github.com/iNextrix/ASTPP/issues/262#issuecomment-344552251</a>>, or mute<br/> > the thread<br/> > <<a href="https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAQifW9QlxKpGufiDUABKLNNH2UcYma5ks5s2r4ggaJpZM4QaXMY" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAQifW9QlxKpGufiDUABKLNNH2UcYma5ks5s2r4ggaJpZM4QaXMY</a>><br/> > .<br/> ></p> <p>Have you considered Open Exchange Rates? The Forever Free Plan comes with, Hourly rate updates, Daily historical data and 1,000 API requests per month. The free plan link is a bit obscure so here it is:<br/> <a href="https://openexchangerates.org/signup/free" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://openexchangerates.org/signup/free</a></p> <p>We have integrated fixer.io for upcoming version 3.6. The changes are<br/> completed and committed to branch.</p> <p>‌<br/> <<a href="https://mailtrack.io/" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://mailtrack.io/</a>> Sent with Mailtrack<br/> <<a href="https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=signaturevirality&" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=signaturevirality&</a>></p> <h2><a name="BestRegards"></a>Best Regards</h2> <p>Samir Doshi<br/> <em>iNextrix Technologie</em><em>s Pvt. Ltd</em>.<br/> <a href="http://www.inextrix.com" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">http://www.inextrix.com</a></p> <p><em>Disclaimer:</em><br/> The information contained in this communication is confidential and may be<br/> legally privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or<br/> entity to whom it is addressed and others authorized to receive it. If you<br/> are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure,<br/> copying, distribution or taking action in reliance on the contents of this<br/> information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please notify the<br/> sender immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any<br/> attachments contained in it.</p> <p>On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 6:47 AM, liveincan <notifications@github.com> wrote:</p> <p>> Have you considered Open Exchange Rates? The Forever Free Plan comes with,<br/> > Hourly rate updates, Daily historical data and 1,000 API requests per<br/> > month. The free plan link is a bit obscure so here it is:<br/> > <a href="https://openexchangerates.org/signup/free" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://openexchangerates.org/signup/free</a><br/> ><br/> > —<br/> > You are receiving this because you commented.<br/> > Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<br/> > <<a href="https://github.com/iNextrix/ASTPP/issues/262#issuecomment-369086659" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://github.com/iNextrix/ASTPP/issues/262#issuecomment-369086659</a>>, or mute<br/> > the thread<br/> > <<a href="https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AA6gcQhGV1LWbTtrxy_Wdt-twWquqxUuks5tZKlHgaJpZM4QaXMY" class="external-link" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AA6gcQhGV1LWbTtrxy_Wdt-twWquqxUuks5tZKlHgaJpZM4QaXMY</a>><br/> > .<br/> ></p> Development External issue ID 262 Rank 0|i00a93: