Currency exchange API

Simple REST API for viewing currency exchange rates fetched from Yahoo! Finance.

Setup

Follow the steps below to set up the project.

Install dependencies.

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Apply migrations.

python manage.py migrate

Fetch data from the external database.

python manage.py load_data

Running

Before running the server make sure that you have activated venv.

source venv/bin/activate

To run the server, execute the following command:

python manage.py runserver

The API will be available at http://localhost:8000/api

Updating the data

You can always update the currency rated by running:

python manage.py load_data

If you wish to fetch the latest data on server start, you can use the run.sh script:

./run.sh

Documentation

You can access the project's documentation at the following URLs:

• http://localhost:8000/api/swagger.json: JSON view of Swagger
• http://localhost:8000/api/swagger.yaml: YAML view of Swagger
• http://localhost:8000/api/swagger/: Swagger UI
• http://localhost:8000/api/redoc/: Redoc