converter-cli

A CLI app that give realtime currency conversions

Usage no npm install needed!

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README

converter-cli

A CLI application that makes real-time currency conversions

Installation using :package: npm

1. Install Node.js HERE.

2. Open your terminal.

3. Type: `npm install -g converter-cli`.

4. Wait for NPM to install the package on your computer.

5. You can now access the converter-cli help doc from anywhere in your terminal by entering:

converter help

Usage

1. Create a user:

converter create-user <username> <password>

2. Login and run your first conversion. You will be prompted for your credentials.

converter login

3. Once you are authenticated run your first conversion.

convert <home currency> <exchange currency> <amount>

For example:

convert USD EUR 10

For a symbols reference supportedCurrencies.json

4. After logging in you can retrieve your conversion history, which will present the last 5 conversions executed

logs

5. In application help:

help

Available Currencies

See supportedCurrencies.json file.

Third Party Technologies Used:

mlab.com provided a cloud instance of MongoDB.
fixer.io provided real-time currency conversions.