A Simple Currency Converter

(Will tidy this up soon!)

This is a simple currency converter written in Go.

Justifying Dependencies Used

• github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.7.2 => this was used to allow for the use of Go Gin web framework
• github.com/joho/godotenv v1.3.0 => to load environment variables from a .env file
• github.com/kylelemons/go-gypsy v1.0.0 => was used to parse yml file to seed currencies model into the database
• gorm.io/driver/postgres v1.1.0 => postgres db driver to allow for connection to postgres database
• gorm.io/gorm v1.21.11 => allow for usage of a relational database

Build/Compile the application

• change .env.sample to .env
• fill .env file with right parameters
• run go build -o=./out/main

Run the application

• run ./out/main

Endpoint

• http://localhost:{PORT}/v1/convert/currency

Request Type

• POST

Sample Request

Sample Response

Currencies Table Structure

Exchange Rates Table Structure