Raycast Currency Exchange extension

Features

• Support 161 currencies, see list: https://www.exchangerate-api.com/docs/supported-currencies
• Support calculate expression e.g 1+2/3*4
• Support find target currency by filter, format: ${expression} in ${filter key word}
• Support pin your favorite currencies
• Remember the source currency
• Support find historical currency by date, format: ${expression} at ${yyyy/mm/dd} or use Action 'Set Currency Date' [*Attention]

* use historical currency needs Pro/Business/Volume Plan subscription, Free version does not allow query historical currency API. See detail: https://www.exchangerate-api.com/docs/historical-data-requests

If anyone find free version API for currency historical data, please contact with me!

Screenshots

calculate currency exchange expression

find target currency with filter

exchange with historical currency

How to get API Keys

• Go to https://www.exchangerate-api.com/ and register a account, it is free
• Go to https://app.exchangerate-api.com/keys to find your API Key

currency rate will be queried every 24 hours to reduce API usage.

why I create another currency extension?

There's a currency exchange function out of box in Raycast's Calculator.

• You can type like 12 usd in gbp to show the currency exchange result.

• You can type like 12 usd in gbp at 2022/9/25 to show the historical currency exchange result. (Need API Pro/Business/Volume Plan subscription)

In some case, when you exactly know the currency code, it works fine, but it still has some challenges:

1. Sometimes, if you are not native speaker, you may not know the exact currency code, since it is always 3 chars like KRW, the W is from Won in Korea, not easy to understand.
2. Some case, I want to always use a dedicate source currency, not type it always.
3. Some case, I want to focus on a few dedicated currencies, just type number, get result. Based on above reason, I created a new one.