OPERA

Another Unofficial OPenEchangesRAtes wrapper

Installation

opera is available on npm

npm install --save @aleengo/opera

Documentation

Opera supports two functionnalities :

• latest(params)
• currencies(params)
• Proxy

latest(params)

Get the latest exchange rates (JSON) available from the Open Exchange Rates API.

Returns a promise

    const Opera = require('@aleengo/opera');
    
    let appID = '4554hshdhjsu';
    const opera = new Opera(appID);
    opera.latest()
        .then(res => res.body)
        .then(data => console.log(data.rates))
        .catch(e => console.log(e));

Params

| params | type | optional | description| |----------|--------|-----------|------------| | base | string | yes | Change base currency (3-letter code, default: USD)| | symbols | string | yes | Limit results to specific currencies (comma-separated liste of 3-letter codes)| |show_alternative| boolean | yes | Extend returned values with alternative, black market and digital currency rates |

Note: Changing the base currency is available for all clients of paid plans. Other parameters are availbale for all plans, including free.

currencies(params)

Get a JSON list of all currency, and their full names, available from the Open Exchange Rates API. This list will always mirror the currencies available in the latest rates (given as their 3-letter codes).

Returns a promise

    const Opera = require('@aleengo/opera');
    
    let appID = '4554hshdhjsu';
    const opera = Opera(appID);
    opera.currencies()
        .then(res => console.log(res.body))
        .catch(e => console.log(e));

| params | type | optional | description| |----------|--------|-----------|------------| | show_alternative | boolean | yes | Extend returned values with alternative, black market and digital currency rates| |show_inactive| boolean | yes | Include historical/inactive currencies|

Proxy

If you are behind a proxy, you can specified an extra parameter to Opera object.

Specify a string as the extra parameter

    const Opera = require('@aleengo/opera');
    
    const appID = '4554hshdhjsu';
    const proxy = 'http://username:pass@proxy_host:proxy_port'

    const opera = new Opera(appID, proxy);
    opera.latest()
        .then(res => res.body )
        .then(data => console.log(data.rates))
        .catch(e => console.log(e));

Contributing

All contributions are welcome.

License

GNU GPLv3 © aleengo.