awaigand / ratesapi-to-file

Grabs the current exchange rates from ratesapi.io and writes them to a formatted csv file

ratesapi-to-file

The cli grabs the current exchange rates from ratesapi.io and writes them to a formatted csv file. You can also use it in a node module.

Example Output

from,to,rate
USD,EUR,0.8712
USD,GBP,0.7676
EUR,GBP,0.88103
EUR,USD,1.1478
GBP,EUR,1.135
GBP,USD,1.3028

Install

$ npm install ratesapi-to-file

CLI

$ npm install --global ratesapi-to-file

The Cli is in dialog form. Defaults are given in ().

$ ratesapi-to-file 

>: For what currency (or currencies) do you want the rates? (ex.: USD, EUR, GBP):  (USD, EUR, GBP)
>: Exchange rates for which currency (currencies) to you want for those currencies? (ex.: USD, JPY, CHK):  (USD, EUR, GBP)
>: Filename? (ex.: myExchangeRates.csv):  (myExchangeRates.csv)

API

writeCSVToFile(froms, to, filename)

Gets all exchange rates from froms to to and writes them as a csv to filename.

froms

The base currencies you want the rates for (i.e. USD to EUR ).

Type: array
Example: ['USD','GBP']

to

The target currencies you want the rates for (i.e. USD to EUR ).

Type: array
Example: ['EUR','GBP']

filename

The filename for your csv file.

Type: string
Example: "myCSVFile.csv"

Returns

from,to,rate
USD,EUR,0.8712
USD,GBP,0.7676
EUR,GBP,0.88103
EUR,USD,1.1478
GBP,EUR,1.135
GBP,USD,1.3028

getAllRatesJsons(froms, to)

Gets all exchange rates from froms to to and returns a promise for all rate jsons.

Returns

[{"base":"USD","date":"2018-10-19","rates":{"EUR":0.8718,"GBP":0.7674}}]

License

MIT © Andreas Waigand