dinero

dinero is a Go client library for accessing the Open Exchange Rates API (https://docs.openexchangerates.org/docs/).

Any forex rates requested will be cached (in-memory), keyed by base currency. With a customisable expiry window, subsequent requests will use cached data or fetch fresh data accordingly.

Installation

go get -u github.com/mattevans/dinero

Usage

Intialize

// Init dinero client passing....
// - your OXR app ID
// - base currency code for conversions to work from
// - your preferrerd cache expiry
client := NewClient(
  os.Getenv("OPEN_EXCHANGE_APP_ID"), 
  "AUD",
  20*time.Minute,
)

Currencies

List

// List all currencies available.
rsp, err := client.Currencies.List()
if err != nil {
  return err
}

[
  {
    "code": "INR",
    "name": "Indian Rupee"
  },
  {
    "code": "PYG",
    "name": "Paraguayan Guarani"
  },
  {
      "code": "AED",
      "name": "United Arab Emirates Dirham"
  },
  ...
}

Rates

List

// List latest forex rates. This will use AUD (defined 
// when intializing the client) as the base.
rsp, err := client.Rates.List()
if err != nil {
  return err
}

{
   "rates":{
      "AED": 2.702388,
      "AFN": 48.893275,
      "ALL": 95.142814,
      "AMD": 356.88691,
      ...
   },
   "base": "AUD"
}

Get

// Get latest forex rate for NZD. This will use AUD (defined 
// when intializing the client) as the base.
rsp, err := client.Rates.Get("NZD")
if err != nil {
  return err
}

1.045545

Change Base Currency

You set a base currency when you the intialize dinero client. Should you wish to change this at anytime, you can call...

client.Rates.SetBaseCurrency("USD")

Expire

You set your preferred cache expiry interval when you intialize the dinero client. By default, cached rates will expire themselves based on your configured interval.

You can force an expiry of the rates for your currency set by calling...

client.Cache.Expire()

Contributing