Add Currency Converter

Currency_Converter/README.md

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+# Currency Converter
+A python script used to convert the currency of one country to that of another country.
+
+## Modules Used
+- requests
+
+## How to Use
+1. Install necessary requirements using 
+```bash
+pip install -r requirements.txt 
+```
+2. We are using fixer.io API for live conversion rates. Get your access key from [here](https://fixer.io/)
+3. Replace **API_KEY** with your own API Key.
+4. Input the countries you want to convert respectively and amount to be converted.

Currency_Converter/currency_converter.py

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+# Currency Converter
+
+# Import necessary modules
+import requests
+
+
+class Currency_Converter:
+    rate = {}
+
+    def __init__(self, url):
+        data = requests.get(url).json()
+        # Extracting rate from json
+        self.rate = data["rates"]
+
+    # Conversion
+    def convert(self, from_country, to_country, amount):
+        initial = amount
+        if from_country != 'EUR':
+            amount = amount / self.rates[from_country]
+
+        # Precision to 2 decimal places
+        amount = round(amount * self.rate[to_country], 2)
+        print(f'{initial} {from_country} = {amount} {to_country}')
+
+
+# Driver Code
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # Replace API_KEY with your own API key from fixer.io
+    url = 'http://data.fixer.io/api/latest?access_key=API_KEY'
+    cc = Currency_Converter(url)
+    from_country = input("From: ")
+    to_country = input("To: ")
+    amount = int(input("Amount: "))
+
+    cc.convert(from_country, to_country, amount)

Currency_Converter/requirements.txt

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+requests