Comments on: Simple Currency Conversion Rate API Consumption For Ruby / Rails http://geoff.evason.name/2008/10/27/simple-currency-conversion-rate-api-consumption-for-ruby-rails/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:31:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Justin Womersley http://geoff.evason.name/2008/10/27/simple-currency-conversion-rate-api-consumption-for-ruby-rails/comment-page-1/#comment-1070 Justin Womersley Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:23:05 +0000 http://geoff.evason.name/?p=53#comment-1070 Hey, try this site out, it's easy to use, free and looks pretty professional! www.exchangerate-api.com . They have a Ruby example page www.exchangerate-api.com/ruby Hey, try this site out, it’s easy to use, free and looks pretty professional! http://www.exchangerate-api.com . They have a Ruby example page http://www.exchangerate-api.com/ruby

]]> By: Geoff http://geoff.evason.name/2008/10/27/simple-currency-conversion-rate-api-consumption-for-ruby-rails/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Geoff Sun, 28 Dec 2008 08:48:03 +0000 http://geoff.evason.name/?p=53#comment-36 Thanks for the tip. It may well be a timezone thing as well, as what may be your 26th may be their 25th. (I'm pretty sure Xavier Media is based in the UK) 26.xml doesn't 404 as of today Thanks for the tip. It may well be a timezone thing as well, as what may be your 26th may be their 25th. (I’m pretty sure Xavier Media is based in the UK)

26.xml doesn’t 404 as of today

]]> By: Erik http://geoff.evason.name/2008/10/27/simple-currency-conversion-rate-api-consumption-for-ruby-rails/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Erik Fri, 26 Dec 2008 10:28:48 +0000 http://geoff.evason.name/?p=53#comment-34 At 11:26 CET on Dec 26 calling http://api.finance.xaviermedia.com/api/2008/12/26.xml 404s, while http://api.finance.xaviermedia.com/api/2008/12/25.xml works (notice 26.xml vs 25.xml). Maybe the 26.xml entry will become valid later today but it's something to take into account when using the Xavier API. At 11:26 CET on Dec 26 calling http://api.finance.xaviermedia.com/api/2008/12/26.xml 404s, while http://api.finance.xaviermedia.com/api/2008/12/25.xml works (notice 26.xml vs 25.xml). Maybe the 26.xml entry will become valid later today but it’s something to take into account when using the Xavier API.

]]> By: keli http://geoff.evason.name/2008/10/27/simple-currency-conversion-rate-api-consumption-for-ruby-rails/comment-page-1/#comment-42 keli Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:25:21 +0000 http://geoff.evason.name/?p=53#comment-42 Hi Geoff, that's what my problem with this plugin is. When I install it it reads the current rates from ecb.int but it doesn't automatically update these rates the next day. README says: "As soon as it is online, and has the current exchange rates it will only update them once a day directly from the European Bank." >> but it doesn't automatically update these rates. It doesn't even rewrite .xml with most current rates. I can't figure out where the problem is.. any help is appreciated, keli Hi Geoff,

that’s what my problem with this plugin is.
When I install it it reads the current rates from ecb.int but it doesn’t automatically update these rates the next day.

README says: “As soon as it is online, and has the current exchange rates it will only update them once a day directly from the European Bank.” >> but it doesn’t automatically update these rates.
It doesn’t even rewrite .xml with most current rates.

I can’t figure out where the problem is..

any help is appreciated,

keli

]]> By: Geoff http://geoff.evason.name/2008/10/27/simple-currency-conversion-rate-api-consumption-for-ruby-rails/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Geoff Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:52:40 +0000 http://geoff.evason.name/?p=53#comment-40 That is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for but couldn't find. Thanks for posting the comment.... I don't see a historical rate option, but I suppose it would be easy enough to write a cron to get the rates daily.... That is exactly the kind of thing I was looking for but couldn’t find. Thanks for posting the comment….

I don’t see a historical rate option, but I suppose it would be easy enough to write a cron to get the rates daily….

]]> By: keli http://geoff.evason.name/2008/10/27/simple-currency-conversion-rate-api-consumption-for-ruby-rails/comment-page-1/#comment-38 keli Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:46:35 +0000 http://geoff.evason.name/?p=53#comment-38 have you tried Currency Exchange Rate plugin >> http://github.com/jasonfranklin-stokes/currencyexchange/tree/master have you tried Currency Exchange Rate plugin >> http://github.com/jasonfranklin-stokes/currencyexchange/tree/master

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