simple_xurrency

A really easy interface to the Xurrency API. It’s Ruby 1.8, 1.9 and JRuby compatible. This gem is a fork from simple_currency, made by Codegram.

Usage

Just require it and all your numeric stuff gets this fancy DSL for free:

30.eur.to_usd
# => 38.08

150.eur.to_usd
# => 190.4
239.usd.to_eur
# => 187.98 

# Historical rates:
239.usd.to_eur(Date.today - 2)
# => 183.98 

1.eur.to_usd_updated_at
# => Fri Oct 08 22:54:00 UTC 2010

If you have a Xurrency API key, you can add it by doing:

SimpleXurrency.key = 'write_your_api_key'

If you want to find out how to adquire an API key, please go to xurrency.com/license

Installation

Rails 3

In your Gemfile:

gem "simple_xurrency"

Not using Rails?

Then you have to manually install the gem:

gem install simple_xurrency

And manually require it as well:

require "simple_xurrency"

License

See LICENSE for details.