Popup notification added

RatesWidget/rates.lua

@@ -20,3 +20,20 @@ dbus.connect_signal("com.console.rate",
 		local dbustext = data[2]
 		rateWidget:set_text(dbustext)
 	end)
+
+-- The notification popup which shows rates for other currencies
+function showRatesPopup()   
+    naughty.notify({
+        title = "Rates",
+        text = awful.util.pread("python ~/.config/awesome/rates/ratesPopup.py"), 
+        icon = "/home/username/.config/awesome/rates/currency.png",
+        icon_size = 100,
+        timeout = 10, 
+        width = 300,
+        padding = 100,
+        fg = "#ffffff",
+        bg = "#333333aa",
+    })
+end
+
+rateWidget:connect_signal("mouse::enter", function() showRatesPopup() end)

RatesWidget/ratesPopup.py

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import requests
+import json
+
+r = requests.get("http://api.fixer.io/latest?symbols=USD,EUR,JPY,GBP,CHF,CAD,RUB")
+resp = json.loads(r.content)
+rates = resp["rates"]
+
+for currency, rate in rates.items():
+    print currency, rate

RatesWidget/readme.md

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 # Rates Widget
 
 Widget for Awesome WM which displays the currency rate between Swiss Frank and Euro. For the rate API it uses [fixer.io](http://fixer.io/) - JSON API for foreign exchange rates and currency conversion. And a python script which calls this API.
+
+You can read more about it in these posts:
+
+ - http://pavelmakhov.com/2016/01/how-to-create-widget/
+ - http://pavelmakhov.com/2016/01/how-to-create-widget-part-2/