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
"""
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_rss(url):
urlsocket = ''
try:
urlsocket = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
return(urlsocket)
except urllib.error.URLError as e:
print('err: urllib.request.urlopen: ', e.reason)
def parse_rss(urlsocket):
rss_tree = ''
if urlsocket:
root = ET.parse(urlsocket)
rss_tree = ET.ElementTree(root)
return(rss_tree)
def pass_local_file():
rss_tree = ET.ElementTree(file='rss')
return(rss_tree)
def get_exchange_rate(rss_tree, ns):
# Pathvariables to XML Namespaces with
rate_path = 'cb:statistics/cb:exchangeRate/'
observation_path = 'cb:statistics/cb:exchangeRate/cb:observation/'
exchange_rates = []
for item in rss_tree.findall('none:item', ns):
datetime_str = item.find('dc:date', ns).text
try:
date = datetime.strptime(''.join(
datetime_str.rsplit(':', 1)),
"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z").strftime(
"%Y-%m-%d")
except Exception as e:
print('%s (%s)' % (e, type(e)))
try:
date = datetime.strptime(''.join(
datetime_str.rsplit(':', 1)),
"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f%z").strftime(
"%Y-%m-%d")
continue
except Exception as e:
print('%s (%s)' % (e, type(e)))
continue
# now search for the currency exchange rate:
target_currency = item.find(rate_path +
'cb:targetCurrency', ns).text
value = float(item.find(observation_path +
'cb:value', ns).text)
value = float(value) # convert to float
foreign_value = value # copy to new value to have both.
if item.find(observation_path + 'cb:unit_mult', ns) is None:
# because it's dangerous to check for present,
# i check for none here and have to set the target
# to 1. as im multiplying it later.
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:
foreign_value = 1 / value
foreign_value *= unit_mult
value = value / unit_mult
# truncate it to decimal values provided by the xml:
foreign_value_round = round(foreign_value, 5)
# Print nice setup of all calculated currencys for development:
# print("date:", date, " 1 ", target_currency, " costs: ",
# CHFvalue, "CHF and 1 ", base_currency, " costs: ",
# FOREIGNvalue_round, target_currency)
data = [{'date': date,
'currency': target_currency,
'exchangerate': foreign_value_round}]
exchange_rates.append(data)
# Print the Dictionary:
return(exchange_rates)