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I hoped to find a service that didn't require me to parse html.<BR>
It appears that oanda.com doesn't like scripts: they mess up the numbers with all kinds of invisible html things; such as a random comment or a random non-printing character. Useless.<BR>
Now using xe.com, with a little work got the correct request string, and then some html digging and got the numbers. It's a hack but it works.<BR>
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Wouter.<BR>
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On Fri, 2006-04-07 at 12:23 +0900, Bengt Thuree wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Fr, 2006-04-07, 11:58, Wouter van Marle skrev:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Hi all,</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">> Maybe a bit off-topic: but does anyone know where I can download the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> current currency exchange rates, automatically (using a Python script -</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">> not GnuCash)?</FONT>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Guess you already checked these sites</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://www.oanda.com/">http://www.oanda.com/</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://www.x-rates.com/">http://www.x-rates.com/</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://www.xe.com/">http://www.xe.com/</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Should be possible to find an URL from these site which would suite you.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Perhaps</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://www.x-rates.com/cgi-bin/cgicalc.cgi?value=1&base=USD">http://www.x-rates.com/cgi-bin/cgicalc.cgi?value=1&base=USD</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://www.oanda.com/convert/fxdaily?value=1&date_fmt=us&lang=en&exch=USD&exch2=&expr2=&dest=Get+Table&sel_list=CAD_CHF_GBP_JPY&format=ASCII&redirected=1">http://www.oanda.com/convert/fxdaily?value=1&date_fmt=us〈=en&exch=USD&exch2=&expr2=&dest=Get+Table&sel_list=CAD_CHF_GBP_JPY&format=ASCII&redirected=1</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">/Bengt</FONT>
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