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[SOLVED] - RSS for Currency Convertor

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:39 am
by anjanesh
Anyone know here I can find an RSS feed for Currency Conversion ?
I was parsing from xe.com but in the html code it has
// *** LEGAL WARNING! ***
//
// IF YOU ARE READING THIS, YOU MAY BE CONSIDERING EXTRACTING RATE DATA FROM XE.COM.
// THIS IS A VIOLATION OF THE LEGAL TERMS OF USE. DATA EXCTRACTION IS NOT PERMITTED.
// REDISTRIBUTION OF THIS DATA IS PROHIBTED, AND ALL USE OF IT IS STRICTLY GOVERNED
// BY THE LEGAL TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT LOCATED AT:
// http://www.xe.com/legal/
// IF YOU NEED CURRENCY DATA FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, WE CAN PROVIDE IT.
// FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE: http://www.xe.com/dfs/
//
// WE CAN AND DO PURSUE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST VIOLATORS OF THE TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT.
//
//

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:56 am
by phpScott
why not talk to them and see if you can use their data for your site?
Who knows it might be reasonable.

a little of track.
Not to you in particular anjanesh but there seemed to be alot of question about extracting info from other sites in the last few weeks and the message you posted should be a warning to those that are trying to rip off other peoples content and post it on their site.

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:14 am
by patrikG

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 10:34 am
by phpScott
I'm not saying there isn't legit info to get but I sometimes wonder about the info that people are accessing via opening pages/files and retrieving only certian data.:evil:


Thanks for the bite though, I eat it when I'm not in front of my computer.:D
Crossiants are so messy,

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 10:37 am
by patrikG
phpScott wrote:I'm not saying there isn't legit info to get but I sometimes wonder about the info that people are accessing via opening pages/files and retrieving only certian data.:evil:
Yeah, but that's a can of worms I prefer not to have with my croissant :)

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:12 am
by Roja
phpScott wrote:I'm not saying there isn't legit info to get but I sometimes wonder about the info that people are accessing via opening pages/files and retrieving only certian data.:evil:
I feel the same way about software licenses. Also art, and the copyright on it. Come to think of it, also mail questions.

(The list goes on for hours).

I highly suspect that many of the questions we answer on these forums on a regular basis are used for purposes that at least some of us would consider "evil" or inappropriate, and that more than a few greedy lawyers would be very interested in going after.

I follow the principles of teaching on these forums for the most part: Regardless of the potential evil uses, inform, educate, and explain the issue. If they want to be evil, they will likely manage to do so regardless of your assistance.

Worse, if you don't assist people on anything thats potentially 'evil', many people will learn far less than they could - even if they have noble intentions.

Me personally, I hope that teaching is the right approach. I don't want people to apologize in advance for asking about multiple-target mail questions because the presumption is that it will be used for spamming. The truth is, I care, but it won't change my answer either way.

Knowledge is power, and its most powerful when it is widely shared - which is what this site is all about. :)

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:26 am
by phpScott
I'm not saying not to help out on topics that might have an 'evil' purpose because if we don't help here another php board will.

It was just a comment to watch out as there seemed to be alot of question about doing what anjanesh (legally or not) was/is trying to do. anjanesh at least is going for the free services and is changing because of the warning sent in the html page.

I also believe in teaching those that don't know, and yes knowledge is power.

I just thought it was an intersting note that a company is starting to look out for this and I believe it will become more prevelant and that coders should be weary of what they are tying to acomplish, either a client or themselves.

The evil emoticons was there because I wouldn't like the idea of some one ripping off my content without my permission.

note:I don't have any content so go ahead at the moment.

Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:39 am
by anjanesh
Thats correct - actually constantly ripping of data from other sites and using them in personal / business sites is actually a misuse.
But I dont think a one-time rip from a site to enter into our db is going to do any harm unless the site has objections for using content from their site.

There are 2 points to be considered here :
1. Data being ripped off (even copy-paste) into another site - this may not be allowed if the original site has legal copyrights of its content. But many sites dont object to this actually.
2. Constantly extracting and parsing and displaying it into our sites run-time without storing it on our dbs - this people dont like because it increases bandwidth usage and maybe a DoS ? This what most Cos are actually trying to stop - or atleast want to.

Anyway regarding the currency convertor, this is best I got so far :
http://currencysource.com/rss_currencye ... rates.html

Excellent for common one but doesnt have all countries.

Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 2:00 pm
by anjanesh
Just for those who end up Searching.

Currency Exchange Rates with PHP & XML : http://www.apptools.com/phptools/xml/currency/

Euro foreign exchange reference rates :
http://www.ecb.int/stats/exchange/eurof ... ex.en.html
http://www.ecb.int/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml