web_AI-5/django/didgeridoo/currencies/exchange_rates.py

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from datetime import datetime
import urllib.request
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
today = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
""" this method calls a rss/XML Resource
of Currency's and parses it to our
needed exchange rate values.
The return is a dictionary carring
Key:Value pairs of new currencys.
"""
def get_exchange_rate():
# During weekends there are no updates.
# To develop i need a testresource.
# In that case i comment the Online Resource block and uncomment the
# development Block...
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Online Resource block:
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SNB_URL = 'https://www.snb.ch/selector/de/mmr/exfeed/rss'
urlsocket = urllib.request.urlopen(SNB_URL)
root = ET.parse(urlsocket)
root = ET.ElementTree(root)
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# development block:
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# root = ET.ElementTree(file='rss')
# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Namespaces
ns = {'rdf': 'http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#',
'none': 'http://purl.org/rss/1.0/',
'dc': 'http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/',
'dcterms': 'http://purl.org/dc/terms/',
'cb': 'http://www.cbwiki.net/wiki/index.php/Specification_1.2/'
}
# Pathvariables to XML Namespaces
none_path = 'none:item/'
rate_path = 'cb:statistics/cb:exchangeRate/'
observation_path = 'cb:statistics/cb:exchangeRate/cb:observation/'
# THE FILE DATE:
xml_datetime_string = root.find('none:channel/dcterms:created', ns).text
# because of few knowlede just trim end of string to avoid error
xml_datestring = xml_datetime_string.split('T')[0]
# parse string to date object:
xml_date = datetime.date(datetime.strptime(xml_datestring, "%Y-%m-%d"))
exchange_rates = {}
for item in root.findall('none:item', ns):
# THE CURRENCY DATE:
datetime_str = item.find('dc:date', ns).text
# convert string to date object:
# https://stackoverflow.com/a/12282040/4061870
# seams like snb striked the microsecond somewhere between Nov. and
# Dez. 2017 so maybe first check time type. "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f%z"
date = datetime.strptime(''.join(datetime_str.rsplit(':', 1)),
"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z").strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
# only the values of today are used so check for date:
if date == today:
title = item.find('none:title', ns).text
base_currency = item.find(rate_path +
'cb:baseCurrency', ns).text
target_currency = item.find(rate_path +
'cb:targetCurrency', ns).text
CHFvalue = float(item.find(observation_path +
'cb:value', ns).text)
CHFvalue = float(CHFvalue) # convert to float
FOREIGNvalue = CHFvalue # copy to new value to have both.
unit = item.find(observation_path + 'cb:unit', ns).text
decimals = int(item.find(observation_path +
'cb:decimals', ns).text)
# because it's dangerous to check for present, i check for none
# here and have to do something in there so i set the target to 0.
if item.find(observation_path + 'cb:unit_mult', ns) is None:
unit_mult = float("1.0")
else:
# shift left by 2 digits with "/"
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8362792/
# because some currencys differ widly from CHF
unit_mult = item.find(observation_path +
'cb:unit_mult', ns).text
# unit_mult defaults to '0' so we check for 8 decimal
# values (2..-6) they represent the fracton value to
# calculate the correct decimalpoint.
if unit_mult == '2': # thinking of Bitcoins
unit_mult = '0.01'
if unit_mult == '1':
unit_mult = '0.10'
if unit_mult == '-1':
unit_mult = '10'
if unit_mult == '-2': # Japan Yen
unit_mult = '100'
if unit_mult == '-3':
unit_mult = '1000'
if unit_mult == '-4':
unit_mult = '10000'
if unit_mult == '-5':
unit_mult = '100000'
if unit_mult == '-6': # indian rupies
unit_mult = '1000000'
unit_mult = float(unit_mult) # convert to float
# calculate the Currency to CHF:
FOREIGNvalue = 1 / CHFvalue
FOREIGNvalue *= unit_mult
CHFvalue = CHFvalue / unit_mult
# truncate it to decimal values provided by the xml:
FOREIGNvalue_round = round(FOREIGNvalue, 5)
# Print nice setup of all calculated currencys for Dev:
# print("date:", date, " 1 ", target_currency, " costs: ",
# CHFvalue, "CHF and 1 ", base_currency, " costs: ",
# FOREIGNvalue_round, target_currency)
exchange_rates.update(
{target_currency: FOREIGNvalue_round})
# Print the Dictionary:
# print(exchange_rates)
else:
break
return(exchange_rates, date)
# for development its preferable to see that the for loop is done:
# print('no more fresh data!')