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openexchangerates.org python API client

Project description

This is a simple python client implementation of http://openexhangerates.org web services.

Install

openexchangerates is avaiable on pypi repositories. Just simply install by using easy_install or pip:

$ pip install openexchangerates

Usage

First of all, you have to sign up the service for an API key by visiting https://openexchangerates.org

Then it is a matter of cake to start using the service:

>>> from openexchangerate import OpenExchageRatesClient
>>> client = OpenExchangeRatesClient('<YOUR_API_KEY>')
>>> client.currencies()
{'AED': 'United Arab Emirates Dirham',
'AFN': 'Afghan Afghani',
'ALL': 'Albanian Lek',
'AMD': 'Armenian Dram',
'ANG': 'Netherlands Antillean Guilder',
'AOA': 'Angolan Kwanza',
'ARS': 'Argentine Peso',
'AUD': 'Australian Dollar',
...

>>> client.latest()
{'base': 'USD',
'disclaimer': '<disclaimer>',
'license': '<license>',
'rates': {'AED': 3.672701,
    'AFN': 51.621833,
    'ALL': 104.032,
    'AMD': 406.489997,
    'ANG': 1.7888,
    'AOA': 95.936967,
    'ARS': 4.995484,
    'AUD': 0.966637,
    ...

You are also free to select base currency (Supported by non-free licenses):

>>> client.latest(base='GBP')
{'base': 'GBP',
'disclaimer': '<disclaimer>',
'license': '<license>',
'rates': {'AED': 3.672701,
    'AFN': 51.621833,
    'ALL': 104.032,
    'AMD': 406.489997,
    'ANG': 1.7888,
    'AOA': 95.936967,
    'ARS': 4.995484,
    'AUD': 0.966637,
    ...

License

Copyright (c) 2013 Metglobal LLC.

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the ‘Software’), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ‘AS IS’, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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