Update Fixer.io sensor more often

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Thanks for the great fixer.io sensor, i really love it.

I would like to know if it could be possible to update the sensor every hours.

I have found in the fixer.py that this sensor is set to update every days (SCAN_INTERVAL = timedelta(days=1)).

Is it possible to edit this setting myself ?

Thanks.

With the fixer.io free api we have 1000 calls, 24hoursx31days=744 calls if you only track one currency.

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yes you can. Copy the fixer.py to [homeassistant]/config/custom_components/sensor/ and rename it. Maybe fixer_hour.py

change SCAN_INTERVAL = timedelta(days=1) to SCAN_INTERVAL = timedelta(hours=1)

and in your configuration file use the new name in stead of “fixer:” like this:

sensor:
  - platform: fixer_hour
    api_key: YOUR_API_KEY
    target: CHF
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Brillant ! Thanks Pippyn.

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Hey @Romquenin @Pippyn how are you doing? Apologies for reopening this thread now that it is closed! Could you please let me know where I can find the script you are talking about? I believe it is required to make it work and I cannot find it anywhere :thinking:

Thanks in advance!

Regards

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Over the years this has changed.
You’ll need to make a folder in your custom_components folder and name it like we used to name the file. e.i. fixer_hour or something

Copy the 3 files from github in this folder. The rest is the same

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Thanks for your response. But it seems I am facing the issue described here Fixer.io exchange rates fails to load where the API Key generated by the new site API Layer that owns Fixer/io is no longer valid with this integration.

TLDR, saw the Fixer/io component yesterday. It didn’t work out of the box and saw then your thread and the references to those files. I thought these files were indeed required to make it work, but it seems they are not required. It should work fine just by adding the sensor config and having a correct API Key.

Anyway, I have tried what you mentioned and it didn’t work either:

Platform error sensor.fixer_hour - Integration “fixer_hour” not found.

Folder: /root/config/custom_components/fixer_hour ← dropped in here the three files

In configuration.yaml:

sensor:
  - platform: fixer_hour
    api_key: ....
    target: EUR
    name: Exchange rate

Anyway, as I said before, it seems the API Key generated by the new site API Layer that owns Fixer.io is no longer compatible.

Thanks for your help!

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First add the files, than reboot HA.
After that you can add it to your config, not before.

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Thank you, @Pippyn for your help. I have tried a few times without not much luck. Therefore, I tried other options and alpha_vantage did the trick.

Regards.