Genial

Genial, is a simples gem that allows you to check the current value of a currency in Brazilian Real. This gem has also a way to convert values.

All this data is based on a API provided by xgeek that gets data from Central Bank of Brazil and this data is updated during the week (working days) at 2:00 p.m (GMT -3).

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'genial'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install genial

Usage

The usage is pretty simple. To know the value of $1 in R$

Genial::Currency.dollar
# => 3.79

Main currencies:

Genial::Currency.dollar

Genial::Currency.euro

Genial::Currency.pound

We can get the value of any currency in the world. Based on ISO 4217, we just need to pass the country code to method find and we are done. Ex: to get Canadian dollar value:

Genial::Currency.find("CAD")
# => 2.97

To see a list with all currency codes access this link

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release to create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

  1. Fork it ( https://github.com/gurgelrenan/genial/fork )
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
  5. Create a new Pull Request