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How to Show a Currency Conversion Graph on Your Website

The exchange rate graph return major currencies compared against the Australian dollar. It's not a particularly pretty chart but the colour values may be altered by way of shortcode (we've used very different bold colours to clearly differentiate one currency from another).

Inclusion is made with the shortcode of [bm_exchange]. The result:

Various attributes may alter the graph appearance.

  Shortcode Attributes

Various attributes alter the manner in which data is returned to a user.

fields

The currency values to return. Defaults to usd,nzd,sgd,cad,eur,gbp. Alter as required with a comma delimited string, such as fields="usd,nzd,cad".

frequency

Frequency is day, month, or week.[/sc].

points

The number of points to return in the graph. Shouldn't be used when a start or end time is provided.[/sc].

cache

The period of time to cache the resulting graph (stored as HTML via a simple caching tool made available in the BeliefMedia Core plugin. Defaults to 86400 (one day). Alter as required; for example cache="259200" (3 days).

start

If you would like to return data between specific dates you should use a start and end date. Use as follows: start="20200601" (1st June 2020). An 8 or 10-figure time group is accepted. Should be used with an end date.

end

If you would like to return data between specific dates you should use a start and end date. Use as follows: start="20200601" (1st June 2020). An 8 or 10-figure time group is accepted. Should be used with a start date.

width

The width of the graph. Defaults to 100%. Any width over 100 (width="600") will return that graph width in pixels.

height

The height of the graph. Defaults to 400px. Alter as required: height="450".

title

The graph title. Defaults to 'Exchange Rates (Measured Against Australian Dollar)' if the next attribute is set to true. Alter as required (title="This is another title).

title_display

The title will not show by default as it's expected you'll title the graph in context. Use title_display="1" to show.

legend

Show chart legend? Recommended. Use legend="0" to hide.

legend_color

The legend colour. Defaults to rgb(80, 80, 80). Use a 6-figure HEX value or RGB value.

title_padding_top

Padding above the title. Use as follows: title_padding_top="30".

title_padding_bottom

Padding below the title. Use as follows: title_padding_bottom="20".

line_border_width

The border width. Defaults to 1. Alter as required ine_border_width="3".

cpi_border_radius

The border radius. Defaults to 1. Alter as required ine_border_width="3".

line_border

The CPI border size. Defaults to 1. Alter as required line_border_width="3".

cache

The period of time to cache the resulting graph (stored as HTML via a simple caching tool made available in the BeliefMedia Core plugin. Defaults to 86400 (one day). Alter as required; for example cache="259200" (3 days).

  ImageCalc Currency Graphs

The graphing features made available to clients is quite extensive, and the ImageCalc API is introduced in an FAQ titled "How to Use the Image Mortgage Graph Shortcode and Elementor Block".

The standard RESTful response includes a single array with a key-value pair representing the X and Y axis. An additional attribute of full=true is available and will return various array formats that can easily be used in our own JavaScript graphing plugin, and Google Charts.

Example shortcode of [exchange_graph frequency="day" points="45" currency="usd"] will return the following graph:

Exchange Rate Graph

  Pictured: The graph shown is a static image. The chart is quite busy so our JavaScript graphing tools (above) are usually far more appropriate. The JS API returns a mouseover value when interacting with the X axis. However, the image graphs are faster-loading and more easily integrated into other dynamic applications (such as PDF documents).

A candlestick chart is usually more appropriate and tends to add a little colour to the graph; it shown the low and high for each rendered day.

Unlike some of our other image tools, the image is saved to a dedicated directory in our client plugin (identical graphs are sourced from your own archive while dynamic images are cached for a short period). In this way we don't fill up your WordPress media library with unnecessary graphs.

Shortcode attributes include the following:

frequency

The time interval between plots. May be 'day', 'week', or 'month'.

points

The number of data plots to show. In our example above 45 was a little too many for an image graph - around 30 seems to be suitable for a daily graph.

currency

The currency that is rendered in the graph (compared against the Australian Dollar). Defaults to USD. TO return multiple currencies in the same graph use currency="usd,nzd,cad".

start_date, end_date, and days

Used to return a graph with a range of values in a specific data range. The days attribute will always use a current end_date.

graph

Accepted attributes are line, bar, and candlestick. Determines the type of graph to return.

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Website RBA Graph

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