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Bug 683074 - Missing currency: New Taiwan Dollar
Missing currency: New Taiwan Dollar
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: gnome-calculator
Classification: Core
Component: general
6.4.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: gcalctool maintainers
gcalctool maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2012-08-31 00:47 UTC by Toni
Modified: 2018-05-22 11:48 UTC
See Also:
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Description Toni 2012-08-31 00:47:05 UTC
I'm using version 6.4.1.1 of gcalctool and can't find the Taiwan New Dollar currency in the Financial mode: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_dollar

I suggest this website as a reliable source for an exhaustive list of existing currencies: http://www.xe.com/.

PS: This bug has also been reported here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gcalctool/+bug/1043685
Comment 1 Robert Ancell 2012-10-14 06:53:54 UTC
Hi, thanks for reporting this.

I had a quick look and I can't find a reliable feed for the exchange rate. We can't use sites like xe.com because they don't allow us to use their data without conditions we can't expect.

We currently get data from the IMF and the ECB but if someone can find a feed for TWD then we can add it too.
Comment 2 Toni 2012-10-14 09:08:43 UTC
Hi,

How about this feed (Search for "TWD")? https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/0Av2v4lMxiJ1AdE9laEZJdzhmMzdmcW90VWNfUTYtM2c/2/public/basic?alt=json

I found it here on http://currencyfeed.com/ and maybe it would be possible to get forex data directly from google?
Comment 3 Robert Ancell 2012-10-14 09:25:11 UTC
I saw that one too when investigating this bug. I don't know if it's reliable/legal to use - this is getting the google data from a non-google person. It would be great if we can confirm that is good to use (or better still get it from google directly).
Comment 4 Toni 2012-10-14 10:07:50 UTC
I think we have a good candidate API here:

$ curl -s 'http://www.google.com/finance/converter?a=1&from=USD&to=TWD' | perl -ne 'next unless s/<(div|span) [^>]+>//g; print if s|</span>.*||'
1 USD = 29.1880 TWD
Comment 5 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-22 11:48:39 UTC
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