CBAR Currency Rates

Python client for the official currency rates published by the Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

CBAR publishes official AZN exchange-rate bulletins as dated XML files:

https://cbar.az/currencies/DD.MM.YYYY.xml

When a date is not provided, this package fetches the latest official bulletin for the current Baku date and falls back through recent dates if CBAR has not published a dated XML file yet.

Installation

pip install cbar-currency-rates

Quick Start

from cbar_currency_rates import CBARClient

cbar = CBARClient()

# Simple backwards-compatible shape: {"USD": 1.7, "EUR": 1.9362, ...}
rates = cbar.get_rates()
print(rates["USD"])

# Fetch selected currencies only
selected = cbar.get_rates(codes=["USD", "EUR", "TRY"])
print(selected)

Rich Rate Metadata

from cbar_currency_rates import CBARClient

cbar = CBARClient()
table = cbar.latest(codes=["USD", "JPY"])

usd = table.require("USD")
jpy = table.require("JPY")

print(table.date)          # Official bulletin date
print(table.source_url)    # CBAR XML URL
print(usd.value)           # Decimal("1.7000")
print(jpy.nominal_text)    # "100"
print(jpy.rate)            # AZN value for one JPY

CBAR lists some currencies by nominal amounts, such as 100 JPY or 100 RUB. CurrencyRate.value keeps CBAR's official value for the listed nominal, while CurrencyRate.rate normalizes it to one unit.

Historical Dates

from datetime import date
from cbar_currency_rates import CBARClient

cbar = CBARClient()
rates = cbar.get_rates(date=date(2024, 5, 27))
same_rates = cbar.get_rates(date="27.05.2024")

Accepted date inputs:

• datetime.date
• datetime.datetime
• YYYY-MM-DD
• DD.MM.YYYY
• DD/MM/YYYY

Convert Amounts

from cbar_currency_rates import CBARClient

cbar = CBARClient()

azn = cbar.convert(100, "USD", "AZN")
eur = cbar.convert(100, "USD", "EUR")

convert() returns a Decimal and uses CBAR's official AZN cross-rates.

Bank Metals

Currency methods exclude bank metals by default. Enable them when needed:

from cbar_currency_rates import CBARClient

cbar = CBARClient()
table = cbar.latest(include_metals=True)

gold = table.require("XAU")
print(gold.value)

Compatibility

The old import style still works:

from cbar_currency_rates.rates import CBARRates

cbar = CBARRates()
print(cbar.get_rates())

Development

pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install pytest
pytest