New workflow: Convert currencies in Alfred

[krzysztofr]

Hi,

I wanted to share with you my first custom workflow for Alfred. It allows you to check currency exchange rates using query similar to Google: 120 EUR in USD.

 

I hope someone might find it useful

 

Here's the code and workflow for download: https://github.com/krzysztofr/alfred-currencies

Direct download link: https://github.com/krzysztofr/alfred-currencies/raw/master/Exchange%20Rates.alfredworkflow 

 

Cheers,

Krzysztof

Edited June 13, 2014 by krzysztofr

[dfay]

Have you seen Units? http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/2471-workflow-units-convert-currency-length-temperature-weight-and-more/

Edited June 12, 2014 by dfay

[krzysztofr]

Have you seen Units? http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/2471-workflow-units-convert-currency-length-temperature-weight-and-more/

i didn't - that's why I wrote my workflow - because I needed to convert currencies quickly and couldn't find any workflow that does this

 

"Units" workflow looks very powerful and I will definitely use it. It has, however, one big disadvantage for me (or maybe I just couldn't figure it out): you cannot convert currencies quickly by typing only one phrase. It also supports only 90 currencies, while my workflow (which pulls rates from OpenExchangeRates.org) supports 165

Edited June 12, 2014 by krzysztofr

[politicus]

I downloaded it. Extracted it. But couldn't install it.

Opening it does just not work.

Weird.

Relaunched Alfred. Retried. 

Still not working.

 

Mavericks user (10.9.3)

[krzysztofr]

You're right, thanks for the report. I tried it now and it doesn't work. I will work it out and let you know.

[krzysztofr]

I think I managed to fix the issue - it works on my computer now

Direct download link: https://github.com/krzysztofr/alfred-currencies/raw/master/Exchange%20Rates.alfredworkflow

 

Remember to follow the installation instructions in README.md file. (BTW, I am working on getting rid of openexchangerates.org for some API that doesn't need creating the api key).

[politicus]

Still not working. 

Installed but after typing rate + space, I get the default fallback searches...

[krzysztofr]

Hi, thanks for the effort. It's strange, because typing "rate" + space should show the workflow name and icon, doesn't matter if the workflow works properly or not.

Was the workflow installed properly? (does it show up in the "Workflows" tab of the Alfred preferences?)

What version of Alfred and python do you have?

You may try enabling debug for this workflow (select the workflow, click small bug icon in the right corner) and see if there are any debug messages.

[politicus]

The workflow shows in Alfred prefs.

Python version 2.7.5

 

Here, is the error I get when enabling debug:

[ERROR: alfred.workflow.input.scriptfilter] Code 1: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "rates.py", line 6, in <module>
    import settings
ImportError: No module named settings
[ERROR: alfred.workflow.input.scriptfilter] Code 1: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "rates.py", line 6, in <module>
    import settings
ImportError: No module named settings
[ERROR: alfred.workflow.input.scriptfilter] Code 1: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "rates.py", line 6, in <module>
    import settings
ImportError: No module named settings

[krzysztofr]

Thanks for the info. It seems, that you didn't follow the installation instructions. You need to create your specific app_id from openexchangerates.org. It is needed to allow you to fetch exchange rates.

 

Remember to follow the installation instructions in README.md file. (BTW, I am working on getting rid of openexchangerates.org for some API that doesn't need creating the api key).

[politicus]

Shame on me! I didn't renamed the setting.py.template file. 

It is now working perfectly.

[krzysztofr]

Great

 

I am working on making the installation process easier