Very simple class for getting up to date currency rates in an array. You pass a base currency which the rates will be converted into. Connects to the european bank
to get a daily breakdown of the rates.
This is deliberately lightweight to allow you to build on top of this.
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'currency_rates'
parser = CurrencyRates::Parser.new('GBP')
puts parser.engage.inspect
Valid values for the initialize call are:
"USD" "JPY" "BGN" "CZK" "DKK" "EEK" "GBP" "HUF" "LTL" "LVL" "PLN" "RON" "SEK" "CHF" "NOK" "HRK" "RUB" "TRY" "AUD" "BRL" "CAD" "CNY" "HKD" "IDR" "INR" "KRW" "MXN" "MYR" "NZD" "PHP" "SGD" "THB" "ZAR" "EUR"
Example result array:
[{"currency"=>"USD", "rate"=>"1.58482"}, {"currency"=>"JPY", "rate"=>"130.28671"}, {"currency"=>"BGN", "rate"=>"2.26562"}, {"currency"=>"CZK", "rate"=>"28.05560"}, {"currency"=>"DKK", "rate"=>"8.63284"}, {"currency"=>"ILS", "rate"=>"5.71573"}, {"currency"=>"GBP", "rate"=>"1.00000"}, {"currency"=>"HUF", "rate"=>"317.67159"}, {"currency"=>"LTL", "rate"=>"3.99977"}, {"currency"=>"LVL", "rate"=>"0.81552"}, {"currency"=>"PLN", "rate"=>"4.48653"}, {"currency"=>"RON", "rate"=>"4.94642"}, {"currency"=>"SEK", "rate"=>"10.26180"}, {"currency"=>"CHF", "rate"=>"1.49690"}, {"currency"=>"NOK", "rate"=>"9.11266"}, {"currency"=>"HRK", "rate"=>"8.58558"}, {"currency"=>"RUB", "rate"=>"47.14741"}, {"currency"=>"TRY", "rate"=>"2.50090"}, {"currency"=>"AUD", "rate"=>"1.58992"}, {"currency"=>"BRL", "rate"=>"2.64361"}, {"currency"=>"CAD", "rate"=>"1.57892"}, {"currency"=>"CNY", "rate"=>"10.43290"}, {"currency"=>"HKD", "rate"=>"12.33837"}, {"currency"=>"IDR", "rate"=>"14323.90385"}, {"currency"=>"INR", "rate"=>"72.43649"}, {"currency"=>"KRW", "rate"=>"1770.37938"}, {"currency"=>"MXN", "rate"=>"19.10177"}, {"currency"=>"MYR", "rate"=>"4.83614"}, {"currency"=>"NZD", "rate"=>"2.06591"}, {"currency"=>"PHP", "rate"=>"70.20678"}, {"currency"=>"SGD", "rate"=>"2.02989"}, {"currency"=>"THB", "rate"=>"48.82247"}, {"currency"=>"ZAR", "rate"=>"11.25607"}, {"currency"=>"EUR", "rate"=>"1.15841"}]Copyright © 2011 Alastair Brunton, released under the MIT license