Laravel Currency Conversion - Quick workaround

Currency.php

<?php

namespace App\Support;

class Currency
{
    /**
     * Required base currency
     *
     * @var null
     */
    private $from = null;

    /**
     * Required target currency
     *
     * @var null
     */
    private $to = null;

    /**
     * @var float
     */
    private $amount = 1.00;

    /**
     * @var null
     */
    private $places = null;

    public static function convert()
    {
        return new self();
    }

    /**
     * @param $currency
     *
     * @return $this
     */
    public function from(string $currency)
    {
        $this->from = strtolower($currency);
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * @param $currency
     *
     * @return $this
     */
    public function to(string $currency)
    {
        $this->to = strtolower($currency);
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * @param $places
     *
     * @return $this
     */
    public function round(int $places)
    {
        $this->places = $places;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * @param float $amount
     *
     * @return $this
     */
    public function amount(float $amount)
    {
        $this->amount = $amount;
        return $this;
    }

    public function get(): ?float
    {
        $data = rescue(fn() => $this->getData(), null);
        if ($data === null) {
            return null;
        }

        $rate = $data[$this->to];
        $result = $this->amount * $rate;
        if ($this->places !== null) {
            $result = round($result, $this->places);
        }
        return (float) $result;
    }

    protected function getData()
    {
        $data = cache()->get("currency.{$this->from}.{$this->to}", function () {
            return $this->getFromApi();
        });
        if ($data === null) {
            $data = cache()->get("currency.long.{$this->from}.{$this->to}", null);
        }
        return $data;
    }

    protected function getFromApi()
    {
        $url = "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/currency-api@1/latest/currencies/{$this->from}/{$this->to}.min.json";
        $response = \Http::get($url);
        if (!$response->successful()) {
            return null;
        }
        $key = "{$this->from}.{$this->to}";

        $data = $response->json();
        cache()->put("currency.$key", $data, now()->addDay()->startOfDay());
        cache()->put("currency.long.$key", $data, now()->addDays(30));

        return $data;
    }
}

One of the currency conversion packages I was using stopped working. Here is a quick hack to get things working for the convert() functionality
OG Package: amrshawky/laravel-currency#19

One of the currency conversion packages I was using stopped working. Here is a quick hack to get things working for the convert() functionality OG Package: amrshawky/laravel-currency#19

Just wanted to say THANK YOU! This saved me tons of time and was very easy to implement. Cheers 😄

Thanks for the code.

I made some updates, since the https://github.com/fawazahmed0/currency-api was migrate to https://github.com/fawazahmed0/exchange-api

<?php

namespace App\Support;

class Currency
{
    /**
     * Required base currency
     *
     * @var null
     */
    private $from = null;

    /**
     * Required target currency
     *
     * @var null
     */
    private $to = null;

    /**
     * @var float
     */
    private $amount = 1.00;

    /**
     * @var null
     */
    private $places = null;

    public static function convert()
    {
        return new self();
    }

    /**
     * @param $currency
     *
     * @return $this
     */
    public function from(string $currency)
    {
        $this->from = strtolower($currency);
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * @param $currency
     *
     * @return $this
     */
    public function to(string $currency)
    {
        $this->to = strtolower($currency);
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * @param $places
     *
     * @return $this
     */
    public function round(int $places)
    {
        $this->places = $places;
        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * @param  float  $amount
     *
     * @return $this
     */
    public function amount(float $amount)
    {
        $this->amount = $amount;
        return $this;
    }

    public function get(): ?float
    {
        $data = rescue(fn() => $this->getData(), null);
        if ($data === null) {
            return null;
        }

        $rate = $data[$this->from][$this->to];
        $result = $this->amount * $rate;
        if ($this->places !== null) {
            $result = round($result, $this->places);
        }
        return (float) $result;
    }

    protected function getData()
    {
        $data = cache()->get("currency.{$this->from}.{$this->to}", function () {
            return $this->getFromApi();
        });
        if ($data === null) {
            $data = cache()->get("currency.long.{$this->from}.{$this->to}", null);
        }
        return $data;
    }

    protected function getFromApi()
    {
//        $url = "https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/fawazahmed0/currency-api@1/latest/currencies/{$this->from}/{$this->to}.min.json";
        $url = "https://latest.currency-api.pages.dev/v1/currencies/{$this->from}.json";
        $response = \Http::get($url);
        if (!$response->successful()) {
            return null;
        }
//        $key = "{$this->from}.{$this->to}";
        $key = "{$this->from}";

        $data = $response->json();
        cache()->put("currency.$key", $data, now()
            ->addDay()
            ->startOfDay());
        cache()->put("currency.long.$key", $data, now()->addDays(30));

        return $data;
    }
}