README.md

ExchangeRateAPI

An app to convert between currencies, built using HTTP4S, calls a 3rd party exchange rate service

Running the app

To start the app simply do sbt run, it will start on port 8080 (specified in main)

Calling the app

To call the app do

curl -X POST \
     -d '{"fromCurrency":"GBP", "toCurrency":"EUR", "amount":110}' \
     http://localhost:8080/api/convert

The app should return a body like {"exchange":1.1842027355,"amount":130.262,"original":110}

Running the tests

This is done with sbt test