jmares / open_exchange_rates

Downloading and storing (for now) of exchange rates using the Open Exchange Rates API

Open Exchange Rates

The purpose of this project is to have some fun with the data from Open Exchange Rates using a free account.

Site: Open Exchange Rates

The data you can download with a free account is limited compared to the paying accounts, but more than enough for a hobby project.

Project

Phase 1

• create database with two tables: one for the currencies and another for the rates (base = USD)
• download data and insert into database
• take into account new currencies
• basic logging
• basic exception handling
• documentation

Phase 2

• add table for the average daily rate of currencies (base EUR)
• create static webpage with table for a select few currencies

Phase 3

• static site with charts and table per currency

Phase 4

• add javascript to selecy currency

Phase 5

• dynamic site with Django or Flask or ...

Versions

2022-06-22

Basic working version:

• the data (currencies and latest rates) are downloaded and added to an SQLite database
• exception handling
• logging