Jamie jamesevers
jamesevers
/ currency_converter.py
Created
October 18, 2015 15:51
a currency converter that uses the yahoo finance API to find exchange rates
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| import urllib2 | |
| import json | |
| def currencyConverter(from_value,target_value,currency_quantity): | |
| yahoo_exchange_url = "https://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql" | |
| yahoo_query = 'select%20*%20from%20yahoo.finance.xchange%20where%20pair%20in%20("'+currency_from+currency_to+'")' | |
| yql_query_url = yql_base_url + "?q=" + yql_query + "&format=json&env=store%3A%2F%2Fdatatables.org%2Falltableswithkeys" | |
| try: | |
| yql_response = urllib2.urlopen(yql_query_url) | |
| try: | |
| yql_json = json.loads(yql_response.read()) |
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