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Node JS Sample Code for Currency Conversion
var https = require('https');
function convertCurrency(amount, fromCurrency, toCurrency, cb) {
var apiKey = 'your-api-key-here';
fromCurrency = encodeURIComponent(fromCurrency);
toCurrency = encodeURIComponent(toCurrency);
var query = fromCurrency + '_' + toCurrency;
var url = 'https://api.currconv.com/api/v8/convert?q='
+ query + '&compact=ultra&apiKey=' + apiKey;
https.get(url, function(res){
var body = '';
res.on('data', function(chunk){
body += chunk;
});
res.on('end', function(){
try {
var jsonObj = JSON.parse(body);
var val = jsonObj[query];
if (val) {
var total = val * amount;
cb(null, Math.round(total * 100) / 100);
} else {
var err = new Error("Value not found for " + query);
console.log(err);
cb(err);
}
} catch(e) {
console.log("Parse error: ", e);
cb(e);
}
});
}).on('error', function(e){
console.log("Got an error: ", e);
cb(e);
});
}
//uncomment to test
/*
convertCurrency(10, 'USD', 'PHP', function(err, amount) {
console.log(amount);
});
*/