FxPy 1.1.7

ForexPy: A currency conversion tool that also scraps the web and gives the Forex Exchange rates from major services.

ForexPy

A command-line tool for currency conversion that fetches live Forex exchange rates from popular exchange services using web scraping.

Motivation

When sending money to another country, how to choose which service to use?

• You could google the conversion ,visit every site and compare the rates to find the best exchange rate

OR

• Use ForexPy and get rates from major services with a single command!

Personally, I was frustated whenever I needed to do a foreign transaction. If I choose one service due to its better rate next time the same service might be offering the worst rate. Therefore, I created ForexPy to save myself time, hassle and money.

Quick Start

For Windows, try to use the terminal as an Administrator.

For Linux, this tool requires root access (because of usage of keyboard library). To run terminal as root, use the following command:

sudo su
# enter the password

After gaining root or admin privileges continue with the following steps:

Install ForexPy using:

• Pypi

pip install fxpy

• Git

pip install git+https://github.com/navrajkalsi/forexpy.git

• Clone the Repo

git clone https://github.com/navrajkalsi/forexpy
cd forexpy
pip install .

Usage

After Installation is complete, ForexPy can be used in the following ways:

• With Arguments: If you know the ISO Alpha 3 Codes of the currencies you want to convert, simply use the following command and pass the currency codes as arguments. The below example uses 'CAD' and 'INR'.

Flag	Flag Description
-s	Sender Currency Code
-r	Receiver Currency Code
-v	Current Version of Tool

# codes are case insensitive

fxpy --sender CAD --receiver INR
# or
fxpy -s cad -r inr

• Without Arguments: If you do not know the exact currency codes, then you could just enter the following command and follow the instructions by entering in the respective country names (these names do not need to be perfect, the program will help in choosing the correct names).

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