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2020-12-22 21:53:32 +01:00
This is a setup to automatically update a Ledger pricedb. Its meant to work
for the author and is published for inspiration, not to be a tool that works
for everyone.
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Requires Python 3.6 or higher.
Put `rates` and `fetch_rates.py` somewhere on a server.
Put `update-rates` somewhere in your path on your local machine.
Choose a location to put the serverside data files, e.g. `/var/local/pricedb`.
Configure all three scripts as appropriate.
Create a cron job for `fetch_rates.py` on the server.
0 0 * * * /usr/local/bin/python3 /usr/local/lib/pricedb/fetch_rates.py
To update the pricedb on your machine, run `update-rates`.