girishso / goog_currency

Simple Ruby interface to Google Currency API

GoogCurrency

Google finance provides currency conversion functionality. Integrated the scrapper to get conversion working. Uses http://www.google.com/finance/converter?a=1&from=USD&to=INR

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'goog_currency'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install goog_currency

Usage

Sample usage

rupees = GoogCurrency.usd_to_inr(1)
pounds = GoogCurrency.usd_to_gbp(1)
yen = GoogCurrency.gbp_to_jpy(1)

Throws GoogCurrency::Exception in case of any error.

Throws GoogCurrency::NoMethodException if conversion method syntax is invalid.

Credits

girishso - Initial implementation

pankajso - Ported to use Google Finance

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request

Licence

MIT License

This software is provided as is, use it your own risk.

Copyright (c) 2013 Girish Sonawane