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An Elixir service to fetch/cache exchange rates from exchangerate-api.com

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Exchange Rate API

Fetch the exchange rate for various currencies based on the Exchange Rate API. This is a wrapper around the API and is not affiliated with the Exchange Rate API. Responses are cached for 1 hour before re-fetching.

  • Example Request: GET /v1/rates/usd,gbp,eur,cad
    • The currency request can be singular or CSV

Response:

{
    "status": "ok",
    "data": {
        "usd": 1,
        "gbp": 0.824978,
        "eur": 0.934425,
        "cad": 1.33451
    }
}

Run Locally

Pre-requisites: Elixir

  git clone https://github.com/zaneh/exchange-rate-api
  cd exchange-rate-api
  mix deps.get
  mix run --no-halt