Fingolfin7 / SoftriteAPI

API project to provide Adaski with updated payroll information over the internet including the latest RBZ Interbank Exchange rates and NEC rates and grades.

SoftriteAPI

API project to provide Adaski with updated payroll information over the internet including the latest RBZ Interbank Exchange rates and NEC rates and grades. The project also includes a scraper that downloads the latest exchange rate pdf from the RBZ website and extracts the latest USD-ZWL rate.

Admin/Support Pages

API Endpoints

Here's a list of all the endpoints so far:

• /interbank/get_latest_rate/: Returns the latest interbank exchange rate.
• /interbank/get_rate_on/<str:date>/: Returns the interbank exchange rate for a specific date.
• /interbank/get_all_rates/: Returns all interbank exchange rates.
• /nec/get_necs/: Returns all National Employment Councils (NECs).
• /nec/<int:pk>/get_latest_rate/: Returns the latest NEC exchange rate for a specific NEC.
• /nec/<int:pk>/get_all_rates/: Returns all NEC exchange rates for a specific NEC.
• /nec/<int:pk>/get_rate_on/<str:date>/: Returns the NEC rate for a given date
• /nec/<int:pk>/get_all_grades/: Returns all the grades for a given NEC
• /nec/<int:pk>/get_grade/<str:grade>/: Returns the grade name and USD Minimum for a specific NEC and grade name.

Response Format

Data is returned in JSON format like so:

Request:

http://127.0.0.1:8000/interbank/get_latest_rate

Response:

{
    "rate": 989.0679,
    "date": "04-19-2023"
}

Installation

1. Clone the repository
2. Create a virtual environment and activate it
3. Install the requirements using pip install -r requirements.txt
4. Run the server using python manage.py runserver
5. Navigate to http://127.0.0.1:8000/ to view the admin/support page