How to solve MissingRate error in Django?

I want to convert currencies in my Django app. I created a model Customer. In customer model, there are two fields for that credit_limit and currency_choice. I am using django-money for conversion. But I get an error:

MissingRate at /customer Rate GBP -> USD does not exist

How can I solve it?

views.py:

from djmoney.money import Money
from djmoney.contrib.exchange.models import convert_money
def customer(request):
    form_class = NewCustomerForm
    current_user = request.user
    userP = UserProfile.objects.get_or_create(username=current_user)
    company = userP[0].company
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = NewCustomerForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            newCustomer = form.save()
            newCustomer.company = company
            selected_currency = newCustomer.currency_choice
            selected_limit = newCustomer.credit_limit
            value = Money(selected_limit, selected_currency)
            converted = convert_money(value, 'USD')
            print(converted)
            newCustomer.save()
            return redirect('user:customer_list')
    else:
        form = form_class()

    return render(request, 'customer.html', {'form': form})

models.py:

class Customer(models.Model):
...

    CURRENCIES = [
        ('USD', 'USD'),
        ('EUR', 'EUR'),
        ('GBP', 'GBP'),
    ]
...
    credit_limit = models.FloatField(default=0)
    currency_choice = models.TextField(max_length=50, default='Select', choices=CURRENCIES)

settings.py:

...

INSTALLED_APPS = [
   ...,
   'djmoney',
   ...
]
...
EXCHANGE_BACKEND = 'djmoney.contrib.exchange.backends.FixerBackend'
CURRENCIES = ('USD', 'EUR', 'GBP')
OPEN_EXCHANGE_RATES_URL = 'https://openexchangerates.org/api/historical/2017-01-01.json?symbols=EUR,NOK,SEK,CZK,USD,GBP'
FIXER_URL = 'http://data.fixer.io/api/2013-12-24?symbols=EUR,NOK,GBP,SEK,CZK,USD,GBP'

traceback:

   Environment:


Request Method: POST
Request URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/customer

Django Version: 3.1.4
Python Version: 3.8.8
Installed Applications:
['django.contrib.admin',
 'django.contrib.auth',
 'django.contrib.contenttypes',
 'django.contrib.sessions',
 'django.contrib.messages',
 'django.contrib.staticfiles',
 'django.contrib.humanize',
 'register',
 'customer',
 'financial_analysis',
 'ocr',
 'core',
 'approvals',
 'crispy_forms',
 'ckeditor',
 'rest_framework',
 'requests',
 'ckeditor_uploader',
 'django_filters',
 'activity_log',
 'djmoney',
 'djmoney.contrib.exchange']
Installed Middleware:
['django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware']



Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:UsersUSEROneDriveDocumentsGitHubotcmyvenvlibsite-packagesdjangocorehandlersexception.py", line 47, in inner
    response = get_response(request)
  File "C:UsersUSEROneDriveDocumentsGitHubotcmyvenvlibsite-packagesdjangocorehandlersbase.py", line 179, in _get_response
    response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs)
  File "C:UsersUSEROneDriveDocumentsGitHubotccustomerviews.py", line 27, in customer
    newCustomer.usd_credit_limit = convert_money(Money(selected_limit, selected_currency), 'USD')
  File "C:UsersUSEROneDriveDocumentsGitHubotcmyvenvlibsite-packagesdjmoneycontribexchangemodels.py", line 108, in convert_money
    amount = value.amount * get_rate(value.currency, currency)
  File "C:UsersUSEROneDriveDocumentsGitHubotcmyvenvlibsite-packagesdjmoneycontribexchangemodels.py", line 49, in get_rate
    result = _get_rate(source, target, backend)
  File "C:UsersUSEROneDriveDocumentsGitHubotcmyvenvlibsite-packagesdjmoneycontribexchangemodels.py", line 60, in _get_rate
    raise MissingRate("Rate %s -> %s does not exist" % (source, target))

Exception Type: MissingRate at /customer
Exception Value: Rate BGN -> USD does not exist

Answer

I took a quick look at the code that’s rising exceptions. If you take a closer look at line 60 here:

https://github.com/django-money/django-money/blob/b97bd29883f70caf17306a7785405831cbfa59ff/djmoney/contrib/exchange/models.py#L60

that’s the error that’s being raised. 2 lines above you can see a queryset that triggers this error:

rates = Rate.objects.filter(currency__in=(source, target), backend=backend).select_related("backend")

I have then noticed that there’s a management command that creates these Rate objects:

https://github.com/django-money/django-money/blob/b97bd29883f70caf17306a7785405831cbfa59ff/djmoney/contrib/exchange/backends/base.py#L59

it seems that you can use the following command:

./manage.py update_rates

does this help?