rylandadams / currency-exchanger

Currency Exchanger

11.20.2020

By Ryland Adams

Description

• A web application that pulls current values of diffrent currencies from around the world using a API to allow for you to compare your USD to others

Software Requirements

• _Internet browser
• Git Bash

Setup

• On Github locate my repository link by clicking the green button that says "Code", this will open a drop down menu to allow for you to copy my https://

• Open Git Bash.

• Change the current working directory to the location where you want the cloned directory.

• Type git clone, and then paste the URL you copied earlier. here is a example ~ '''$ git clone https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-REPOSITORY'''

• Press Enter to create your local clone.

• Navigate to the directory you were in when you cloned the repository.

• Open the new file you cloned.

• Now got to https://www.exchangerate-api.com/ and apply for a key

• With that key you will now have to create a .env file in the top level of this cloned directory and paste that API key after you type API_KEY= in your .env. Example "API_KEY=yourAPIkeyHere"

• run npm install

• run npm run start

Specifications

Behavior	Input	Output
Allow for user to input their USD amount	1000 USD	1000 USD
Allow for user to type their desired currency to convert too	EUR	EUR
On button click convert currency	1000 USD	844 EUR

Bugs

• none known

For support

• [email protected]

Technologies and tools used

• Visual Studio Code
• HTML
• Markdowne
• Bootstrap
• Css
• jQuery
• Javascript
• Postman
• Webpack
• API key from https://www.exchangerate-api.com/

Legal

• This software is licensed under the [MIT] license
• Copyright (C) 2020 Ryland S Adams