[Ann] CoinXC.com - Currency Exchange Rate Calculator for Forums

rasengan

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Quote from: dkbit98 on May 10, 2022, 05:24:53 AM

one more thing I was wondering if it's possible to change size of images, making them smaller or bigger?

Thank you for the feedback!!

That's a great suggestion (re size). I updated it and it's outlined on the API page https://coinxc.com/api

Code:

[img]https://coinxc.com/convert/BTC/USD/1/img.png?fontsize=64[/img]

Thanks again for the feedback! :-)

Quote from: LoyceV on May 10, 2022, 03:45:47 AM

So (Shift) Reload the page to update images.

I did not know that and thank you!

dkbit98

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This looks amazing!
Thank you for quickly responding here, and one more thing I was wondering if it's possible to change size of images, making them smaller or bigger?

Quote from: rasengan on May 09, 2022, 11:18:22 AM

You can also select 'transparent' for the background.

Or I could just add red colored background so that will work for most color themes, both light and dark, and bonus is that this matches with current bloody market trend for Bitcoin Wink

To make it look better I created alternative green version with Venezuelan Bolívar Fuerte:

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Quote from: rasengan on May 09, 2022, 11:18:22 AM

It appears bitcointalk.org does image loading thru a proxy of sorts.

The image proxy is meant to prevent tracking (pixels).

Quote from: theymos on March 22, 2014, 11:30:12 AM

The proxy never saves images to disk. It will pass on Expires headers, though, so your browser might cache the image.

So (Shift) Reload the page to update images.

rasengan

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I just added ?decimals= so you can do:

Code:

[img]https://coinxc.com/convert/btc/usd/4/img.png?decimals=2[/img]

which will result in:

rasengan

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Those are excellent suggestions. I'm going to add a "decimal" flag in minute.

As for the rest, you can absolutely customize the colors:

Code:

[img]https://coinxc.com/convert/BTC/USD/1/img.png?background=black&color=white[/img]

Thank you for the feedback! I'll update once the 'decimal' flag is in place.

Edit: It accepts '#333' '#333333' html style or 'red' as in the English language. You can also select 'transparent' for the background.

Edit 2: It appears bitcointalk.org does image loading thru a proxy of sorts. I reached out to see if the caching time on coinxc.com could be reduced!

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Quote from: rasengan on May 07, 2022, 11:57:48 AM

CoinXC.com, a currency exchange rate calculator, provides a free Image API service for forum sellers. You can dynamically include current, or up to date, exchange rate quotes when pricing your goods and services on forums.

This looks very good, but I would have few suggestions for improvement.
If it's possible I would like to add custom colors for images, in case when people like me are using dark theme that makes value of bitcoin harder to read.
Maybe option of inverted image would be simple solution, or adding some custom colors is more complex alternative.

It's great to see that you have many fiat currencies offered but it would be better to reduce decimals or make them optional.
If you think decimals for dollars are bad, check out Venezuelan Bolívar Fuerte or some other currencies with high inflation.
Other thing I would correct and remove is using SAT for some shitcoins ^{(SoMee Advertising Token?!)} instead for one of most used Bitcoin units.

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Quote from: LoyceV on May 08, 2022, 02:41:21 AM

How frequently is the exchange rate updated?

The website says every 10 minutes (very very tiny at the bottom).

Quote from: https://coinxc.com

Leveraging API Data provided by CoinGecko and other sources, CoinXC is updated every 10 minutes with the latest currency exchange rate data.

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How frequently is the exchange rate updated? The rate doesn't change when I refresh after a minute, unlike for instance CoinMarketCap, which changes all the time.
I've seen sites with similar services in the past, but it's always good to have more options.

That's a lot of decimals for dollars:

rasengan

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CoinXC.com, a currency exchange rate calculator, provides a free Image API service for forum sellers. You can dynamically include current, or up to date, exchange rate quotes when pricing your goods and services on forums.

Here is an example (this is not a real sales listing):

Quote

X is for sale for $10000 OBO
I accept Bitcoin. The current price in BTC is

Code:

[img]https://coinxc.com/convert/usd/btc/10000/img.png[/img]

Checkout https://coinxc.com/ for a list of all currencies that work with the system or https://coinxc.com/api to learn more about the API and various options available (colors).

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