Update Currency Rates and Posts #1

	# .github/workflows/update_rates.yml
	name: Update Currency Rates

	on:
	schedule:
	- cron: '0 /12 * *'
	workflow_dispatch:

	jobs:
	update-rates:
	runs-on: ubuntu-latest
	steps:

	- name: Check out repo
	uses: actions/checkout@v4


	- name: Set up Python
	uses: actions/setup-python@v5
	with:
	python-version: '3.10'


	- name: Install dependencies
	run: pip install requests pyyaml


	- name: Fetch rates and write to file
	env:
	API_KEY: ${{ secrets.CURRENCY_API_KEY }} # Securely access the API key
	run: \|
	import os
	import requests
	import yaml
	from datetime import datetime, timezone

	# Fetch the API key from environment variables
	api_key = os.environ['API_KEY']
	url = f"https://v6.exchangerate-api.com/v6/{api_key}/latest/PKR"

	# Make the API call
	response = requests.get(url)
	response.raise_for_status() # This will raise an error for a bad response (4xx or 5xx)
	data = response.json()

	# Prepare the data structure for the YAML file
	output_data = {
	'last_updated_utc': datetime.now(timezone.utc).isoformat(),
	'rates': data['conversion_rates']
	}

	# Write the data to the _data/rates.yml file
	with open('_data/rates.yml', 'w') as f:
	yaml.dump(output_data, f)

	print("Successfully updated _data/rates.yml")

	# Step 5: Commit the updated rates.yml file back to your repository
	- name: Commit and push if changed
	uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
	with:
	commit_message: "Automated: Update currency exchange rates"
	file_pattern: "_data/rates.yml"
	commit_user_name: "GitHub Actions Bot"
	commit_user_email: "github-actions-bot@users.noreply.github.com"

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