Currency Conversion Backend

This is a Currency Conversion backend service that uses the FastAPI framework.

Installation

Make sure you have Python 3.9 installed. It is suggested to use conda to create a dedicated environment on your computer.
Clone or download the repository to your local machine.
Open a terminal or command prompt and navigate to the project directory.
Create a new conda environment: conda create --name CurrencyConversion python=3.9.
Activate the environment: conda activate CurrencyConversion.
Install the required dependencies: pip install -r requirements.txt.

To run the program, make sure the conda environment is activated by running conda activate CurrencyConversion,

Run the following command to start the program for development:

uvicorn main:app --reload

Now, use Postman or your browser to send request to http://localhost:8000/. Explore the API Endpoints below.

GET /exchange_rate/{source_currency}/{target_currency}

Retrieves the exchange rate from the source currency to the target currency.

Example response:
```
{
    "source_currency":"USD",
    "target_currency":"EUR",
    "exchange_rate":"0.96",
    "source_precision":2
}
```

GET /convert/{source_currency}/{target_currency}?amount={figure}

Obtain the requested amount conversion from the source currency to the target currency.

Example response:

{
    "source_currency":"USD",
    "source_amount":"10",
    "target_currency":"JPY",
    "target_amount":"1332",
    "exchange_rate":"133.24819"
}

Unit testing code is included in test_main.py. It is built based on PyTest framework with HTTPX to start the emulator as an AsyncClient.

Run the following command to execute testing:

pytest

This project is licensed under the MIT License.