I want to convert currencies in my Django app. I created a model Customer
. In customer model, there are two fields for that credit_limit
and currency_choice
. I am using django-money for conversion. But I get an error:
MissingRate at /customer Rate GBP -> USD does not exist
How can I solve it?
views.py:
from djmoney.money import Money
from djmoney.contrib.exchange.models import convert_money
def customer(request):
form_class = NewCustomerForm
current_user = request.user
userP = UserProfile.objects.get_or_create(username=current_user)
company = userP[0].company
if request.method == 'POST':
form = NewCustomerForm(request.POST)
if form.is_valid():
newCustomer = form.save()
newCustomer.company = company
selected_currency = newCustomer.currency_choice
selected_limit = newCustomer.credit_limit
value = Money(selected_limit, selected_currency)
converted = convert_money(value, 'USD')
print(converted)
newCustomer.save()
return redirect('user:customer_list')
else:
form = form_class()
return render(request, 'customer.html', {'form': form})
models.py:
class Customer(models.Model):
...
CURRENCIES = [
('USD', 'USD'),
('EUR', 'EUR'),
('GBP', 'GBP'),
]
...
credit_limit = models.FloatField(default=0)
currency_choice = models.TextField(max_length=50, default='Select', choices=CURRENCIES)
settings.py:
...
INSTALLED_APPS = [
...,
'djmoney',
...
]
...
EXCHANGE_BACKEND = 'djmoney.contrib.exchange.backends.FixerBackend'
CURRENCIES = ('USD', 'EUR', 'GBP')
OPEN_EXCHANGE_RATES_URL = 'https://openexchangerates.org/api/historical/2017-01-01.json?symbols=EUR,NOK,SEK,CZK,USD,GBP'
FIXER_URL = 'http://data.fixer.io/api/2013-12-24?symbols=EUR,NOK,GBP,SEK,CZK,USD,GBP'
traceback:
Environment:
Request Method: POST
Request URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/customer
Django Version: 3.1.4
Python Version: 3.8.8
Installed Applications:
['django.contrib.admin',
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.messages',
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'django.contrib.humanize',
'register',
'customer',
'financial_analysis',
'ocr',
'core',
'approvals',
'crispy_forms',
'ckeditor',
'rest_framework',
'requests',
'ckeditor_uploader',
'django_filters',
'activity_log',
'djmoney',
'djmoney.contrib.exchange']
Installed Middleware:
['django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware']
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\USER\OneDrive\Documents\GitHub\otc\myvenv\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\exception.py", line 47, in inner
response = get_response(request)
File "C:\Users\USER\OneDrive\Documents\GitHub\otc\myvenv\lib\site-packages\django\core\handlers\base.py", line 179, in _get_response
response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
File "C:\Users\USER\OneDrive\Documents\GitHub\otc\customer\views.py", line 27, in customer
newCustomer.usd_credit_limit = convert_money(Money(selected_limit, selected_currency), 'USD')
File "C:\Users\USER\OneDrive\Documents\GitHub\otc\myvenv\lib\site-packages\djmoney\contrib\exchange\models.py", line 108, in convert_money
amount = value.amount * get_rate(value.currency, currency)
File "C:\Users\USER\OneDrive\Documents\GitHub\otc\myvenv\lib\site-packages\djmoney\contrib\exchange\models.py", line 49, in get_rate
result = _get_rate(source, target, backend)
File "C:\Users\USER\OneDrive\Documents\GitHub\otc\myvenv\lib\site-packages\djmoney\contrib\exchange\models.py", line 60, in _get_rate
raise MissingRate("Rate %s -> %s does not exist" % (source, target))
Exception Type: MissingRate at /customer
Exception Value: Rate BGN -> USD does not exist
I took a quick look at the code that's rising exceptions. If you take a closer look at line 60 here:
that's the error that's being raised. 2 lines above you can see a queryset that triggers this error:
rates = Rate.objects.filter(currency__in=(source, target), backend=backend).select_related("backend")
I have then noticed that there's a management command that creates these Rate objects:
it seems that you can use the following command:
./manage.py update_rates
does this help?