Vici::ExchangeRates

A Simple and Rich for Exchange Rates

Vici::ExchangeRates is an unofficial SDK for the ExchangeRatesAPI. Exchange rates API is a free service for current and historical foreign exchange rates published by the European Central Bank.

Note

This app requires JSON. If you're using JRuby < 1.7.0 you'll need to add gem "json" to your Gemfile or similar.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'vici-exchange-rates'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install vici-exchange-rates

Usage

Currency code must be one of the supported currency codes.

Basic usage

require 'vici/exchange_rates'

rates = Vici::ExchangeRates.new
# or you can retrieve JSON response
rates = Vici::ExchangeRates.new(true) 
rates.fetch

Historical rates for any day since 1999

rates.at_date('2018-02-02')
rates.fetch
# OR
rates.at_date('2018-02-02').fetch

Latest exchange rates with different base currency (Euro by default)

rates.base_currency('IDR')
rates.fetch

Specific exchange rates

rates.rates('IDR')

# multi exchange rates
rates.rates(['IDR', 'USD']) 
rates.fetch 
# => {"rates"=>{"USD"=>1.1052, "IDR"=>15091.51}, "base"=>"EUR", "date"=>"2020-01-31"}

Historical rates for a time period

rates.period(date_from: '2018-01-03', date_to: '2018-02-05') 
rates.fetch

Limit to specific exchange rates

rates.rates(['IDR', 'JPY']).period(date_from: '2018-01-03', date_to: '2018-02-05') 
rates.fetch

Historical rates with different currency

rates.base_currency('JPY').period(date_from: '2018-01-03', date_to: '2018-02-05') 
rates.fetch

Supported Currencies

The library supports any currency currently available on the European Central Bank's web service, please refer to here.

Contributing

Fork the repo
Grab dependencies: bundle install
Make sure everything is working: bundle exec rake spec
Make your changes
Test your changes
Create a Pull Request
Celebrate!!!!!