A very simple Python API that returns static data compiled from OpenExchangeRates.org.
To setup an API that accepts 3 parameters: source identifies the source currency, target identifies the country we're exchanging our rate to, and amount is the amount of source currency we're looking to exchange. An optional, fourth parameter we'll accept is date, which is used to retrieve historical exchange rates.
clone the repository. flask is the only imported package. Once you've created your virtual environment, start the server like this: python exchange.py
In your browser/Postman/Insomnia/IDE API tool, use the URL your terminal provides, adding the /exchange route at the end
We faked the data:
source can be either USD, JPY or HKD
target can be either USD, JPY or GBP
amount should be a number - int or float
date can either be blank, 2020-04-01 or 2020-04-02