Alternative outputcurrency

[Reno007]

If I add EUR as an alternative output currency (instead of BTC) for the html log it does not work (and the bot applies BTC instead). Does this work for any of you guys?

[laxdog]

Works fine for me :

Is there anything in the log to stdout?

[rnevet]

Same here, my bot is in EUR.

Try the following link: https://blockchain.info/tobtc?currency=EUR&value=1 This is the link the bot uses to get the EUR conversion rate, if it fails it will display BTC.

[Reno007]

[Reno007]

Hmm, this is what I get...

[laxdog]

Also, if you're running on pythonanywhere, it won't work. They block that address https://github.com/Mikadily/poloniexlendingbot/issues/262

[Reno007]

Ah that would be it....

[Reno007]

Thanks!

[rnevet]

We could actually move the entire output currency conversion to HTML Javascript side. @yura-pakhuchiy what do you think? exchange rates are anyway public APIs.

[laxdog]

Good idea, it could also be a drop down then.

[yura-pakhuchiy]

Yes, we can have BTC -> output currency conversion done in JS (allowing output currency switch in runtime). However, it is better to keep altcoin -> BTC rate in bot it self. Requesting every altcoin rate from JS will greatly increase time between json retrieval and moment when data can be displayed to user. Maybe even leave BTC->USDT rate in bot (for fastest default option), but move BTC -> EUR/real USD/others to JS (if user wants alternative currencies).

[Reno007]

That would be great! Thanks guys, awesome project

[laxdog]

Can we close this and create another ticket for the work to come out of it if that's still happening @yura-pakhuchiy or @rnevet ?

[rnevet]

@AndreyIlinX can you elaborate on the solution in your branch?

[AndreyIlinX]

@rnevet Hello, in short, I use build_opener from urllib2 instead of using urlopen from urllib, and it works

[rnevet]

@AndreyIlinX Why not use that as the first call? Do you have any idea why this is working? I thought the issue was that PythonAnywhere blocks the api access.