Bonbast

bonbast.com offers accurate and reliable gold prices and IRR exchange rates for businesses. Bonbast is the most accurate and reputable foreign exchange trading data collector of the Iranian market.

I don't alter any of the data in this tool; it all comes from bonbast. The sole purpose of this tool is to offer a different method of obtaining bonbast prices.

Contents

1. Installation
   • Brew
   • Python
   • Arch Linux (AUR)
   • Raycast
2. Usage
   1. Command Line
      • Main mode
      • Live
        • Simple
        • Currency
      • History
      • Graph
      • Convert
      • Json Output
      • Pretty Print Json
      • List of supported currencies
   2. Usage in other programs
   3. Mac Shortcuts
   4. Raycast
3. Development

Installation

Brew

brew install samadipour/bonbast/bonbast

or

brew tap samadipour/bonbast
brew update
brew install bonbast

Python

To install this program, you can to use pip:

$ pip install bonbast
# Or
$ python -m pip install bonbast

Then you can use it:

$ bonbast
# Or
$ python -m bonbast

Also, to update the program, you can use pip:

pip install -U bonbast
#or
python -m pip install -U bonbast

Arch Linux (AUR)

To install the package on Arch Linux or any Arch-based distro, you can use any AUR (Arch User Repository) package manager, such as yay or paru:

yay -S python-bonbast

or manually build the package from the AUR source:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/python-bonbast.git
cd python-bonbast
makepkg -si

The package is available in the Arch User Repository.

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Usage

I tried my best to display the price data in a variety of ways that would be useful in a variety of circumstances.

Command Line

Main mode

This will be the default mode if you run the program without any arguments. It will show the current prices for gold, coins, and the IRR exchange rate in separate tables.

Live

In live mode, the program tries to update the prices in a specified interval. This is useful if you want to keep an eye on the prices.

The website updates the prices every 30 seconds and the default value is 30 seconds as well. You can change this value by using the -i or --interval argument.

Simple

In this mode, the program will show the prices as text in the terminal.

$ bonbast live simple --show-only usd,eur,gbp,cad -i 300
# Or
$ python -m bonbast live simple --show-only usd,eur,gbp,cad -i 300

Currency

In this mode, the program will show the prices in a table. It can only show one currency at a time.

$ bonbast live currency --show-only usd,eur,gbp,cad -i 300
# Or
$ python -m bonbast live currency --show-only usd,eur,gbp,cad -i 300

History

This is useful if you want to see the prices for a specific date. You can use the -d or --date argument to specify the date. The date must be in the format YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY/MM/DD. Also, the date needs to be Gregorian.

The date is valid from 2012-10-09 to one day before the current date.

$ bonbast history --date 2020/10/10
# Or
$ python -m bonbast history --date 2020/10/10

Graph

This is useful if you want to see the price of a currency in a specific date range. You can use the --start-date argument to specify the start date and --end-date for the end date. The date must be in the format YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY/MM/DD. Also, the date needs to be Gregorian.

If start or end date is not specified, the end date will default to today and the start date will be set to 30 days prior to the end date.

The date is valid from 2012-10-09 to one day before the current date.

$ bonbast graph eur
$ bonbast graph eur --start-date 2023-01-02
$ bonbast graph eur --start-date 2023-02-12 --end-date 2023-05-09
# Or
$ python -m bonbast graph eur

Convert

This is useful if you want to convert a value from one currency to Rial or from Rial to another currency. If you want to convert from a currency to Rial, you need to use -s or --source argument to specify the currency you want to convert from.

$ bonbast convert -s EUR 12.5
# Or
$ python -m bonbast convert -s EUR 12.5

If you want to convert from Rial to another currency, you need to use the -d or --destination argument to specify the currency you want to convert to.

$ bonbast convert -d USD 1837850
# Or
$ python -m bonbast convert -d USD 1837850

You can also use --only-buy or --only-sell to specify which price you want to use.

$ bonbast convert -d USD 1837850 --only-buy
$ bonbast convert -d USD 1837850 --only-sell
# Or
$ python -m bonbast convert -d USD 1837850 --only-buy
$ python -m bonbast convert -d USD 1837850 --only-sell

Json Output

It can be useful if you want to use the result of the program in another program. You can also pipe the output in terminal to another program like JQ.

$ bonbast export
# Or
$ python -m bonbast export

Pretty Print Json

There is also a way to pretty print the json output. You can use the --pretty argument to do that. It helps to see the output in a more readable way.

$ bonbast export --pretty
# Or
$ python -m bonbast export --pretty

List of supported currencies

Flag	Currency	Code
🇺🇸	US Dollar	USD
🇪🇺	Euro	EUR
🇬🇧	British Pound	GBP
🇨🇭	Swiss Franc	CHF
🇨🇦	Canadian Dollar	CAD
🇦🇺	Australian Dollar	AUD
🇸🇪	Swedish Krona	SEK
🇳🇴	Norwegian Krone	NOK
🇷🇺	Russian Ruble	RUB
🇹🇭	Thai Baht	THB
🇸🇬	Singapore Dollar	SGD
🇭🇰	Hong Kong Dollar	HKD
🇦🇿	Azerbaijani Manat	AZN
🇦🇲	10 Armenian Dram	AMD
🇩🇰	Danish Krone	DKK
🇦🇪	UAE Dirham	AED
🇯🇵	10 Japanese Yen	JPY
🇹🇷	Turkish Lira	TRY
🇨🇳	Chinese Yuan	CNY
🇸🇦	Saudi Riyal	SAR
🇮🇳	Indian Rupee	INR
🇲🇾	Malaysian Ringgit	MYR
🇦🇫	Afghan Afghani	AFN
🇰🇼	Kuwaiti Dinar	KWD
🇮🇶	100 Iraqi Dinar	IQD
🇧🇭	Bahraini Dinar	BHD
🇴🇲	Omani Rial	OMR
🇶🇦	Qatari Rial	QAR

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Usage in other programs

There are few ways to use the program in other programs. The best way is to use the json output.

Mac Shortcuts

You can use the json output or the convert function to create a shortcut in Mac. You can use the shortcut to show the currency price as a notification.

Raycast

Raycast is a tool for searching your Mac, launching applications, and controlling your computer, and it is far superior to Spotlight. You can use the json output to create a script command in Raycast. In this way, you can easily access the prices in Raycast.

I included an example script command in the raycast folder. You can use it to create your own script.

Setup for Raycast

You can use this setup-raycast.sh script to setup the script command in Raycast. Then Follow the instructions in below image or read Raycast docs.

$ chmod +x setup-raycast.sh

$ ./setup-raycast.sh standalone
or
$ ./setup-raycast.sh python

or manually:

1. Enable the script command in Raycast.
2. Copy bonbast.sh file to the Raycast script-commands folder.
3. Follow the instructions below or read Raycast docs.

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Development

Setup

1. Clone the repo
2. Install the dependencies
3. Run it with python

git clone https://github.com/SamadiPour/bonbast.git
cd bonbast
pip install .
python -m src.bonbast.main

Building the package

1. Install build dependencies
2. Build the package
3. install it locally if you want (or you can use local_install script)

python -m pip install ".[build]"
python -m build
python -m pip install dist/*.whl