Currency Exchange

A website for checking currency exchange rates

By Sarah Andyshak

Technologies Used

HTML
CSS
JavaScript
ESLint
Babel
webpack
.env
markdown
git
Jest
npm
node.js

Description

An application built to practice using APIs in connection with study at Epicodus. The user can enter an amount in US dollars and receive an up-to-date exchange rate for selected currencies.

Setup/Installation Requirements

Clone the repository to your computer.
Navigate to ExchangeRate-API, enter your email, click the "Get Free Key" button, and sign up for a free account.
Look for the activation email and be sure to activate your account.
Create a file '.env' and place it in the root folder of the downloaded repository. Include API_KEY={your API key} in the text of the .env file.
Navigate to the root folder of this downloaded repository in your terminal.
For Mac users, check that the setting in package.json looks like this “lint”: “eslint ‘src/**/*.js’”
Run npm install.
Run npm run start to open the page in your default browser.
Open index.html in your browser and follow the directions given on the webpage OR by using the liveserver.

Known Bugs

Application does not currently work, possibly in conjunction with CORS issues.

License

Enjoy the site! If you have questions or suggestions for fixing the code, please contact me!

MIT License Copyright (c) 2023 Sarah Andyshak. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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