Currency

How to

• Clone this repo
• cd into directory, and run npm install

API URL

URL localhost:8888/api/0.1/ if running locally, or example.com:8888/api/0.1 if hosted.

How to use the API

POST JSON to the above URL:

{ "base": "CAD", "amount": 10, "symbol": ["USD", "EUR"] }

or

{ "base": "USD", "amount": 10, "symbol": "EUR" }

or to get historical data

{ "base": "CAD", "amount": 10, "symbol": ["USD", "EUR"], "date": "1985-03-15" }

Details

• "base" is the currency you wish to convert from. REQUIRED
• "amount" is the amount to convert. REQUIRED
• "symbol" is a string or array containing the currencies you wish to convert to. REQUIRED
• "date" is the date you wish to require about. Leave blank for latest rates. OPTIONAL

Note

https://api.fixer.io/ seems to have an issue with dates before the year 2000.