An API that provides a small but well-thought service converting Euro to US Dollar and vice-versa

Currency Converter

###Problem An API that provides a small but well-thought service converting Euro to US Dollar and vice-versa. That API should only be accessible if you are in the possession of an API-KEY.

###dependent service To get rates, you can use the free plan of this API: https://fixer.io

###end points

1. localhost:8000/v1/currency_converter/api_key
2. localhost:8000/v1/currency_converter/currency/convert?base=EUR&amount=100
3. localhost:8000/v1/currency_converter/currency/convert?base=USD&amount=100

Run test

make test

Build Code

make build

Run server

docker-compose up or go run main.go or make start-server

Usage

Please Check LaundryList.md for the changes need to be made to enable this code for production.

1. hit the generate api curl
2. get the api key and pass it on to convertion api
   1. conversion api takes base, amount and api_key as params
   2. base is the current currency
   3. the result will be in euro if the base is in dollar and the result will be in dollar if the base in eur

###sample curls

1. Generate API key curl localhost:8000/v1/currency_converter/api_key
   1. response:
      1. {"success":true,"api_key":"XVlBzgbaiCMRAjWwhTHctcuAxhxKQFDa"}
2. Convert Euro to Dollar
   1. localhost:8000/v1/currency_converter/currency/convert?base=EUR&amount=100&api_key=XVlBzgbaiCMRAjWwhTHctcuAxhxKQFDa
      1. { "success": true, "converted_amount": 111.47890000000001 }
3. Convert Dollar to Euro
   1. localhost:8000/v1/currency_converter/currency/convert?base=USD&amount=100&api_key=XVlBzgbaiCMRAjWwhTHctcuAxhxKQFDa
      1. { "success": true, "converted_amount": 89.7029933888894 }

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