bennybauer / currenpy

Currency conversion service

Currenpy

Currency conversion service running on AWS Lambda using Serverless Framework.

The service exposes the following API endpoint:

Endpoint	Description
GET /convert/{from}/{to}/{amount}	Converts amount of from currency to to currency

Example:

GET /convert/usd/eur/250 will convert 250$ into Euros.

Response:

{
  from: "USD",
  text: "235.1825€",
  rate: 0.94073,
  to: "EUR",
  amount: 250,
  result: 235.18249999999998,
  time: "2017-04-13T19:57:26.385252 UTC"
}

Usage

Setup

Step	Command	Description
1.	npm install -g serverless	Install Serverless CLI
2.	Set up an AWS account with admin permissions	Documentation
3.	npm install	Installs dependencies (serverless-python-requirements)

Development

Step	Command	Description
1.	virtualenv convert	Create virtual environment
2.	pip install -r requirements.txt	Install dependencies

Deployment

sls deploy

Credits

• forex-python
• serverless-python-requirements by @schep_