calliestump / epicodusfriday6

Currency Exchange

11.20.20

By Callie Stump

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Description

This project will allow the user to enter a U.S dollar amount, then convert it to a different currency. The user is allowed five different conversions.

Setup

1. Copy this download link: https://github.com/calliestump/Friday6.git
2. Open bash and go to the directory where you would like to store your cloned project.
3. Clone the repo.

git clone "https://github.com/calliestump/Friday6.git"

4. Navigate to the cloned project folder and open VS code.

$ cd Desktop
$ cd [known directory]
$ code .

5. Navigate to the VS terminal and download your dependencies with node.

npm install

6. If you wish to run a live server run the following code:

npm run start

7. To see if the program is functioning properly you can use:

npm run build

This will show you if everything is compiling correctly; if otherwise you be will prompt with error messages.

8. In order to run the tests for functionality, run the following code:

npm run test

Dont forget that in order to push any changes you need to add your own GitHub repo. to your project.

git remote add origin https://github.com/calliestump/Friday6

API Instructions

User will need to have an Exchange Rate API key. Follow the instructions to make a personal key. Once finished, use the generated link supplied for the API.

1. Create a .env file in the "src" tab.
2. Once your .env file is created, add your API Key to the file.

API_KEY=[generated key]

3. Now that your .env file is ready, we can add it to our .gitignore file it so it doesnt get pushed to GitHub.

node_modules/
.DS_Store
dist/
coverage/
.env <-

You now have a working API Key that is connected to your webpage. Congratulations!

Technologies Used

• HTML
• CSS
• javaScript
• Bootstrap
• API
• Node
• Git
• Github

Specs

Expand Specs

Test	Input	Output	Completed
Should clear input fields when form is submitted..	clear();	Input fields 1&2 are empty	True
Should correctly convert the users input (USD) to any implemented currency.	$8.00USD	$10.48	True
Should return API error if a call to it fails.	$4.00USD	ERROR: Invalid API Key assignment	True
Should give an alert if no information is detected.	--	ERROR: No information was detected	True

Legal

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