Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: bocfx
Version: 0.6.9
Summary: Easy way to get foreign exchange rate from Bank of China.
Home-page: https://github.com/bobleer/bocfx
Author: bobleer
Author-email: liwenbo628@gmail.com
License: UNKNOWN
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
Requires-Dist: requests
Requires-Dist: scrapy
Requires-Dist: tqdm
Requires-Dist: prettytable
Requires-Dist: numpy
Requires-Dist: matplotlib

# bocfx
An easy-to-use python package for getting foreign exchange rate from Bank of China (BOC).  
Author: [**Bob Lee**](https://github.com/bobleer)
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# Features

* [x] **Multithreading**
* [x] **As a command-line application**
* [x] **As a python module**
* [x] **Foreign exchange selection.**
* [x] **Foreign exchange quotation filter.**
* [x] **Date selection (Realtime/History).**
* [x] **Line graph generation.**
* [x] **.csv generation.**
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# Contents

- [Installation](#installation)
- [Basic Usage](#basic-usage)
	- [As a command-line application](#as-command-line-application)
	- [As a python module](#as-python-module)
- [Advanced Usage](#advanced-usage)
	- [As a command-line application](#as-command-line-application-1)
		- [Example](#example)
	- [As a python module](#as-python-module-1)
		- [Example](#example-1)
- [Option and parameter](#option-and-parameter)
	- [Option 1 `-f`/`--fx`](#option-1--f--fx)
		- [Common foreign currency:](#common-foreign-currency)
		- [Example](#example-2)
	- [Option 2 `-s`/`--sort`](#option-2--s--sort)
		- [Example](#example-3)
	- [Option 3 `-t`/`--time`](#option-3--t--time)
	- [Option 4 `-p`/`--plot`](#option-4--p--plot)
	- [Option 5 `-c`/`--csv`](#option-5--c--csv)
	- [Option 6 `-o`/`--op`](#option-6--o--op)
- [Limitation](#limitation)
- [MIT Licence](#mit-licence)
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# Installation

```
# Required packages
# pip3 install -U requests scrapy tqdm prettytable numpy matplotlib

pip3 install bocfx
```
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# Basic Usage
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## As a command-line application

```
BOBMAC:~ bobleer$ bocfx                        
100%|████████████████████████████████████████████| 5/5 [00:00<00:00, 471.66it/s]

+-----+--------+--------+--------+--------+---------------------+
|  5  | SE_BID | BN_BID | SE_ASK | BN_ASK |         Time        |
+-----+--------+--------+--------+--------+---------------------+
| GBP | 873.53 | 846.38 | 879.96 | 882.1  | 2019-02-25 09:25:37 |
| EUR | 758.54 | 734.97 | 764.14 | 765.83 | 2019-02-25 09:25:37 |
| USD | 669.44 | 663.99 | 672.28 | 672.28 | 2019-02-25 09:25:37 |
| CAD | 509.1  | 493.03 | 512.86 | 514.1  | 2019-02-25 09:25:37 |
| AUD | 476.19 | 461.4  | 479.69 | 480.87 | 2019-02-25 10:10:35 |
+-----+--------+--------+--------+--------+---------------------+
(SE = Spot Exchange, BN = Banknote)
```
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## As a python module

```
>>> from bocfx import bocfx

>>> output = bocfx('GBP,USD','SE,ASK')
100%|████████████████████████████████████████████| 5/5 [00:00<00:00, 532.87it/s]

>>> output # Latest foreign exchange rate
['879.96', '672.28']
```
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# Advanced Usage
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## As a command-line application

```Bash
bocfx [-f|--fx] [-s|--sort] [-t|--time] (-p|--plot) (-c|--csv) {-o|--op}
```
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#### Example:

```
❯ bocfx -f GBP,USD,AUD -s ASK -t 30 -p -c -o '~/desktop/output'
100%|█████████████████████████████████████████████| 3/3 [00:03<00:00,  1.08s/it]
100%|████████████████████████████████████████| 199/199 [00:00<00:00, 422.62it/s]

+-----+--------+--------+---------------------+
|  3  | SE_ASK | BN_ASK |         Time        |
+-----+--------+--------+---------------------+
| GBP | 880.27 | 882.41 | 2019-02-24 10:30:00 |
| USD | 673.08 | 673.08 | 2019-02-24 10:30:00 |
| AUD | 480.65 | 481.82 | 2019-02-24 10:30:00 |
| GBP | 880.27 | 882.41 | 2019-02-24 05:30:00 |
| USD | 673.08 | 673.08 | 2019-02-24 05:30:00 |
| AUD | 480.65 | 481.82 | 2019-02-24 05:30:00 |
...
| GBP | 889.64 | 891.8  | 2019-01-25 00:00:05 |
| USD | 680.4  | 680.4  | 2019-01-25 00:00:05 |
| AUD | 484.37 | 485.56 | 2019-01-25 00:00:05 |
+-----+--------+--------+---------------------+
(SE = Spot Exchange, BN = Banknote)

.csv has already saved to /Users/bob/desktop/output/[GBP+USD+AUD]SE_ASK+BN_ASK_2019-01-25_2019-02-24.csv

Plot has already saved to /Users/bob/desktop/output/[GBP+USD+AUD]SE_ASK+BN_ASK_2019-01-25_2019-02-24.png
```
![](https://github.com/bobleer/bocfx/raw/master/images/%5BGBP%2BUSD%2BAUD%5DSE_ASK%2BBN_ASK_2019-01-25_2019-02-24.png)
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## As a python module

```python
from bocfx import bocfx

bocfx(FX=0, sort=0, time=-1, plot=0, csv=0, pt=0, op='~/bocfx_output')
```
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#### Example:

```
>>> from bocfx import bocfx

# Equivalent command
# example01 = bocfx(FX='GBP,USD', sort='SE', time=1)

>>> example01 = bocfx('GBP,USD','SE',1)
100%|█████████████████████████████████████████████| 2/2 [00:01<00:00,  1.49it/s]

>>> type(example01)
<class 'list'>

>>> print(example01)
[[2, 'SE_BID', 'SE_ASK', 'Time'], ['USD', '669.74', '672.58', '2019-02-25 09:25:23'], ['GBP', '874.18', '880.62', '2019-02-25 09:25:13'], ... , ['GBP', '873.83', '880.27', '2019-02-24 00:00:05'], ['USD', '670.24', '673.08', '2019-02-24 00:00:05']]
```

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```
>>> from bocfx import bocfx

# Equivalent command
# example02 = bocfx(FX='GBP,USD', sort='SE', time='2018-08-01,2018-08-02', plot=1, csv=1, pt=0, op='~/desktop/example/')

>>> example02 = bocfx('GBP,USD','SE','2018-08-01,2018-08-02',1,1,0,op='~/desktop/example/')
100%|█████████████████████████████████████████████| 2/2 [00:02<00:00,  1.05it/s]
100%|██████████████████████████████████████████| 26/26 [00:00<00:00, 134.46it/s]

.csv has already saved to /Users/bob/desktop/example/[GBP+USD]SE_BID+SE_ASK_2018-08-01_2018-08-02.csv

Plot has already saved to /Users/bob/desktop/example/[GBP+USD]SE_BID+SE_ASK_2018-08-01_2018-08-02.png

>>> type(example02)
<class 'list'>

>>> print(example02)
[[2, 'SE_BID', 'SE_ASK', 'Time'], ['GBP', '888.85', '895.4', '2018-08-02 23:19:36'], ['USD', '683.01', '685.91', '2018-08-02 23:19:36'], ... , ['GBP', '891.33', '897.89', '2018-08-01 00:00:05'], ['USD', '680.22', '683.1', '2018-08-01 00:00:05']]
```

![](https://github.com/bobleer/bocfx/raw/master/images/%5BGBP%2BUSD%5DSE_BID%2BSE_ASK_2018-08-01_2018-08-02.png)
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# Option and parameter
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## Option 1 `-f`/`--fx`

`-f`/`--fx` is the BOC foreign excahnge selector. This opinion supports **multi-parameter**.

`,` is the separator of each parameter.
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#### Common foreign currency:

Parameter | Currency | Country (Region) | Fault-tolerant
:-|:-|:-|:-
`GBP` | Pound | The United Kingdom | `gbp`/`UK`/`uk`
`EUR` | Euro | European Union | `eur`/`EU`/`eu`
`USD` | Dollar | The United States | `usd`/`USA`/`usa`/`US`/`us`
`CAD` | Canadian Dollar | Canada | `cad`/`CA`/`ca`
`AUD` | Australian Dollar | Australia | `aud`/`AU`/`au`
`RUB` | Russian Ruble | Russia | `rub`/`RU`/`ru`
`HKD` | Hong Kong Dollar | Hong Kong | `hdk`/`HK`/`hk`
`MOP` | Macao Pataca | Macao | `mop`
`NTD` | New Taiwan Dollar | Taiwan | `ntd`/`TW`/`tw`
`JPY` | Japanese Yen | Japan | `jpy`/`JP`/`jp`/`Yen`
`KRW` | South Korean Won | South Korean | `krw`/`KR`/`kr`
`THB` | Thai Baht | Thailand | `thb`/`Thai`
`PHP` | Philippine Peso | Philippines | `php`/`Peso`
`MYR` | Malaysian Ringgit | Malaysia | `myr`/`Sen`
`SGD` | Singapore Dollar | Singapore | `sgd`
`NZD` | New Zealand Dollar | New Zealand | `nzd`/`Kiwi`
`INR` | Indian Rupee | India | `inr`
`TRY` | Turkish Lira | Turkey | `try`/`YTL`/`ytl`
`BRL` | Brazilian Real | Brazil | `brl`
`IDR` | Indonesian Rupiah | Indonesia | `idr`
`ZAR` | South African Rand | South Africa | `zar`
`AED` | United Arab Emirates Dirham | United Arab Emirates | `aed`
`SAR` | Saudi Riyal | Saudi Arabia | `sar`

If not using this option, the default parameters will be `GBP,EUR,USD,CAD,AUD`.
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#### Example:

```
~
❯ bocfx            
100%|████████████████████████████████████████████| 5/5 [00:00<00:00, 612.38it/s]

+-----+--------+--------+--------+--------+---------------------+
|  5  | SE_BID | BN_BID | SE_ASK | BN_ASK |         Time        |
+-----+--------+--------+--------+--------+---------------------+
| GBP | 874.37 | 847.2  | 880.81 | 882.95 | 2019-02-25 07:28:17 |
| EUR | 759.05 | 735.47 | 764.65 | 766.35 | 2019-02-25 07:28:17 |
| USD | 670.24 | 664.79 | 673.08 | 673.08 | 2019-02-25 07:28:17 |
| CAD | 509.47 | 493.39 | 513.23 | 514.47 | 2019-02-25 07:28:17 |
| AUD | 478.68 | 463.81 | 482.21 | 483.38 | 2019-02-25 07:28:17 |
+-----+--------+--------+--------+--------+---------------------+
(SE = Spot Exchange, BN = Banknote)

~
❯ bocfx -f GBP,USD                                             
100%|███████████████████████████████████████████| 2/2 [00:00<00:00, 1818.08it/s]

+-----+--------+--------+--------+--------+---------------------+
|  2  | SE_BID | BN_BID | SE_ASK | BN_ASK |         Time        |
+-----+--------+--------+--------+--------+---------------------+
| GBP | 874.37 | 847.2  | 880.81 | 882.95 | 2019-02-25 07:28:17 |
| USD | 670.24 | 664.79 | 673.08 | 673.08 | 2019-02-25 07:28:17 |
+-----+--------+--------+--------+--------+---------------------+
(SE = Spot Exchange, BN = Banknote)
```
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## Option 2 `-s`/`--sort`

`-s`/`--sort` is the filter of foreign exchange quotation. This opinion supports **multi-parameter**.

`,` is the separator of each parameter.

`-s`/`--sort` | `SE` Spot Exchange | `BN` Banknote
 :-|:-|:-
 `BID` Bid Price | `SE,BID` SE_BID | `BN,BID` BN_BID 
 `ASK` Ask Price | `SE,ASK` SE_ASK | `BN,ASK` BN_ASK

If not using this option, the default output will include all prices.
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#### Example:

```
~
❯ bocfx -f GBP,USD -s ASK                                  
100%|████████████████████████████████████████████| 2/2 [00:00<00:00, 443.63it/s]

+-----+--------+--------+---------------------+
|  2  | SE_ASK | BN_ASK |         Time        |
+-----+--------+--------+---------------------+
| GBP | 880.81 | 882.95 | 2019-02-25 07:28:17 |
| USD | 673.08 | 673.08 | 2019-02-25 08:35:54 |
+-----+--------+--------+---------------------+
(SE = Spot Exchange, BN = Banknote)

~
❯ bocfx -f GBP,USD -s SE,BID
100%|████████████████████████████████████████████| 2/2 [00:00<00:00, 443.26it/s]

+-----+--------+---------------------+
|  2  | SE_BID |         Time        |
+-----+--------+---------------------+
| GBP | 874.57 | 2019-02-25 08:35:54 |
| USD | 670.24 | 2019-02-25 08:35:54 |
+-----+--------+---------------------+
(SE = Spot Exchange, BN = Banknote)
```
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## Option 3 `-t`/`--time`

`-t`/`--time` can filter the date of foreign exchange quotation.

There are 3 ways to write parameter.

 No. | Example | Definition
 :-|:-|:-
 1 | `6` | Get data from 6 days ago to today
 2 | `2019-02-20` | Get data from 2019-02-20 to today
 3 | `2019-02-20,2019-02-21` | Get data from 2019-02-20 to 2019-02-21

If not using this option, **only the latest quotation** will be output.
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## Option 4 `-p`/`--plot`

Using `-p`/`--plot` can generate a line graph with .png format.

The default output path is `~/bocfx_output/`
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## Option 5 `-c`/`--csv`

Using `-p`/`--plot` can output data in .csv format.

The default output path is `~/bocfx_output/`
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## Option 6 `-o`/`--op`

Using `-o`/`--op` can change default output path.

Example: `-o '~/desktop/example/'`
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# Limitation

This package is no-database design. All of data are from http://srh.bankofchina.com/search/whpj/search.jsp

**The speed of spider will be strongly influenced by the connectation quality.**
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