pmaccacaro / micro-rest-api

small rest api

Simple country currency exchange api

Purpose

This API allow to obtain a list of from which country and to which country we can exchange currencies.

The REST api over HTTP protocol could be queried for:

• Get the source contries list
• Get the destination countries list

The output will be always in JSON format

API Reference

• Get the source: /v1/countries?target=source
• Get the destination /v1/countries?target=destination

API Example usage (using curl utility)

• Protocol: http
• Port: 8080
• Host Address: localhost
• Special http header: Accept application/json

curl -H "Accept: application/json" 'http://localhost:8080/v1/countries?target=source'

curl -H "Accept: application/json" 'http://localhost:8080/v1/countries?target=destination'

How to Install/Test/Run the API service

Install the api

make install

Test the api

make test

Execute the api service

make run

Dependecies

• python 2.7
• pip
• gnu make