Beancount Exchange Rates

Price source for Beancount that can load data from https://exchangerate.host/ or similar providers.

exchangerate.host

List of supported forex currencies: https://api.exchangerate.host/symbols

No API key required.

Installation

Install latest version with pip:

pip install https://github.com/xuhcc/beancount-exchangerates/archive/master.zip

Usage

Source string format is <quote-currency>:beancount_exchangerates/<base-currency>:<quote-currency>.

Default API base url is https://api.frankfurter.app. It can be changed using EXCHANGERATE_API_URL environment variable to any service that implements Fixer API.

Data source can be changed using EXCHANGERATE_SOURCE environment variable.

Check https://api.exchangerate.host/sources for the complete list of sources.

Examples

Evaluate source string with bean-price:

PYTHONPATH=.:$PYTHONPATH bean-price --no-cache -e 'RUB:beancount_exchangerates/USD:RUB'

Set price source for commodity in beancount file:

1970-01-01 commodity USD
    price: "RUB:beancount_exchangerates/USD:RUB"