Adding currency convertor app

Author: fares-ds

09_Currency_convertor/.idea/.gitignore

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+import requests
+
+# Currency available in the API
+print("Currencies available: ", ['CAD', 'HKD', 'ISK', 'PHP', 'DKK', 'HUF', 'CZK', 'AUD', 'RON', 'SEK', 'IDR', 'INR',
+ 'BRL', 'RUB', 'HRK', 'JPY', 'THB', 'CHF', 'SGD', 'PLN', 'BGN', 'TRY', 'CNY', 'NOK',
+ 'NZD', 'ZAR', 'USD', 'MXN', 'ILS', 'GBP', 'KRW', 'MYR'])
+
+# Gathering input parameters from the user
+date = input("Please enter the date (in the format 'yyyy-mm-dd' or 'latest'): ")
+base = input("Convert from (currency): ")
+curr = input("Convert to (currency): ")
+quan = float(input(f"How much {base} do you want to convert: "))
+
+# Constructing the URL based on the user parameters and sending a request to the server
+base_url = "https://api.exchangeratesapi.io"
+url = f"{base_url}/{date}?base={base}&symbols={curr}"
+response = requests.get(url)
+
+# Displaying the error message, if something went wrong
+if not response.ok:
+ print(f"\nError {response.status_code}:")
+ print(response.json()['error'])
+
+else:
+ data = response.json()
+ rate = data['rates'][curr]
+
+ result = quan * rate
+
+ print(f"\n{quan} {base} is equal to {result:.2f} {curr}, based upon exchange rates on {data['date']}")