2Marks / go-exchangerate-api

Exchange rate API built with Go, leveraging a third-party API

About The Project

Exchange rate API built with Go leveraging a third-party API

Prerequisites

Make sure you have go installed on your machine

• go

download from the [Go official site](https://go.dev/dl/)

Installation

1. Get a Free API key at https://exchangesrateapi.com/
2. Clone the repository
3. Install go packages

go mod install

4. Make a copy of .example.env file and rename to .env like so:

cp .example.env .env

5. Update the env file with the right values as applicable

Usage

To start the app, please run: (tested on mac)

make run

or:

go run cmd/main.go

Example usage: Accessing the API endpoint:

to specify multiple to currencies: send them as a comma seperated value like so: (USD,GBP) e.g

http://localhost:8060/api/v1/exchange-rates?fromCurrency=EUR&toCurrency=USD,GBP

Feedback on the project stucture, quality are always welcome. thanks as you check it out