forex-python 0.3.0

Foreign exchange rates and currency conversion.

forex-python
============
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Free Foreign exchange rates, bitcoin prices and currency conversion.

Features:
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- List all currency rates.
- BitCoin price for all curuncies.
- Converting amount to BitCoins.
- Get historical rates for any day since 1999.
- Conversion rate for one currency(ex; USD to INR).
- Convert amount from one currency to other.('USD 10$' to INR).
- Currency symbols.
- Currency names.

Currency Source:
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Fixer.io is a free API for current and historical foreign exchange rates published by European Central Bank.
The rates are updated daily 3PM CET.

BitCoin Price Source:
---------------------
Bitcoin prices calculated every minute. For more infomation visit [CoinDesk API](http://www.coindesk.com/api/).

Installation:
------------

Install using python package
```
$ pip install forex-python
```

Or directly cloning the repo:
```
$ python setup.py install
```

Usage Examples:
------------------

Initialize class
```python
>>> from forex_python.converter import CurrencyRates
>>> c = CurrencyRates()
```

list all latest currency rates for "USD"
```python
>>> c.get_rates('USD')
{u'IDR': 13625.0, u'BGN': 1.7433, u'ILS': 3.8794, u'GBP': 0.68641, u'DKK': 6.6289, u'CAD': 1.3106, u'JPY': 110.36, u'HUF': 282.36, u'RON': 4.0162, u'MYR': 4.081, u'SEK': 8.3419, u'SGD': 1.3815, u'HKD': 7.7673, u'AUD': 1.3833, u'CHF': 0.99144, u'KRW': 1187.3, u'CNY': 6.5475, u'TRY': 2.9839, u'HRK': 6.6731, u'NZD': 1.4777, u'THB': 35.73, u'EUR': 0.89135, u'NOK': 8.3212, u'RUB': 66.774, u'INR': 67.473, u'MXN': 18.41, u'CZK': 24.089, u'BRL': 3.5473, u'PLN': 3.94, u'PHP': 46.775, u'ZAR': 15.747}
```

Get conversion rate from USD to INR
```python
>>> c.get_rate('USD', 'INR')
67.473
```

Convert amount from USD to INR:
```python
>>> c.convert('USD', 'INR', 10)
674.73
```

Get latest Bitcoin price.
```python
>>> from forex_python.bitcoin import BtcConverter
>>> b = BtcConverter()
>>> b.get_latest_price('USD')
533.913
```

Convert Amount to Bitcoins based on latest exchange price.
```python
>>> b.convert_to_btc(400, 'USD')
0.7492699301118473
```

Get currency symbol using currency code
```python
>>> from forex_python.converter import CurrencyCodes
>>> c = CurrencyCodes()
>>> print c.get_symbol('GBP')
£
```

Complete [Documentation](http://forex-python.readthedocs.org/en/latest/?badge=latest)

We welcome your feedback and support. found bug raise github issue. Need new features? Contact us at https://micropyramid.com/contact-us/