Money v0.8.2 Money.ExchangeRates.OpenExchangeRates View Source

Implements the Money.ExchangeRates for the Open Exchange Rates service.

Required configuration:

The configuration key :open_exchange_rates_app_id should be set to your app_id. for example:

config :ex_money,
  open_exchange_rates_app_id: "your_app_id"

or configure it via environment variable:

config :ex_money,
  open_exchange_rates_app_id: {:system, "OPEN_EXCHANGE_RATES_APP_ID"}

It is also possible to configure an alternative base url for this service in case it changes in the future. For example:

config :ex_money,
  open_exchange_rates_app_id: "your_app_id"
  open_exchange_rates_url: "https://openexchangerates.org/alternative_api"

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Functions

Retrieves the latest exchange rates from Open Exchange Rates site

Update the retriever configuration to include the requirements for Open Exchange Rates. This function is invoked when the exchange rate service starts up, just after the ets table :exchange_rates is created

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Link to this function get_latest_rates(config) View Source
get_latest_rates(Money.ExchangeRates.Config.t()) ::
  {:ok, Map.t()} |
  {:error, String.t()}

Retrieves the latest exchange rates from Open Exchange Rates site.

  • config is the retrieval configuration. When invoked from the exchange rates services this will be the config returned from Money.ExchangeRates.OpenExchangeRates.config/1

Returns:

  • {:ok, rates} if the rates can be retrieved

  • {:error, reason} if rates cannot be retrieved

Typically this function is called by the exchange rates retrieval service although it can be called outside that context as required.

Update the retriever configuration to include the requirements for Open Exchange Rates. This function is invoked when the exchange rate service starts up, just after the ets table :exchange_rates is created.

Returns the configuration either unchanged or updated with additional configuration specific to this exchange rates retrieval module.