Freecurrency-API 0.1.0

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dotnet add package Freecurrency-API --version 0.1.0                

                    
                

            
NuGet\Install-Package Freecurrency-API -Version 0.1.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="Freecurrency-API" Version="0.1.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
paket add Freecurrency-API --version 0.1.0                

                    
                

            
#r "nuget: Freecurrency-API, 0.1.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
// Install Freecurrency-API as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=Freecurrency-API&version=0.1.0

// Install Freecurrency-API as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=Freecurrency-API&version=0.1.0

Freecurrency-API

Unofficial RestEase C# Client for freecurrencyapi which uses IMemoryCache to cache the results.

Configuration

You will need your ApiKey to use freecurrencyapi, you can get one https://app.freecurrencyapi.com/register.

Register the client via Dependency Injection:

services.AddFreecurrencyAPI(o =>
    o.ApiKey = "[YOUR_API_KEY]"
);

Usage

Status

Returns your current quota

IFreecurrencyClient client = // get from DI
var statusResponse = await client.GetStatusAsync();

Latest Exchange Rates

Returns the latest exchange rates. The default base currency is USD.

IFreecurrencyClient client = // get from DI
var rates = await _client.GetLatestExchangeRatesAsync(CurrencyCodes.USD, new [ CurrencyCodes.EUR, CurrencyCodes.AUD ]);

var rate = await _client.GetLatestExchangeRateAsync(CurrencyCodes.USD, CurrencyCodes.EUR);

Historical Exchange Rates

Returns the latest exchange rates. The default base currency is USD.

// todo

Currencies

Returns all supported currencies

IFreecurrencyClient client = // get from DI
var currencyResponse = await client.GetCurrency("EUR");

var currenciesResponse = await client.GetCurrencies(new [] { "EUR", "USD" });

var allCurrenciesResponse = await client.GetCurrencies();

Options

public class FreecurrencyAPIOptions
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The required BaseAddress.
    /// </summary>
    [Required]
    public Uri BaseAddress { get; set; } = new("https://api.freecurrencyapi.com/v1");

    [Required]
    public string ApiKey { get; set; } = null!;

    /// <summary>
    /// Optional HttpClient name to use.
    /// </summary>
    public string? HttpClientName { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// This timeout in seconds defines the timeout on the HttpClient which is used to call the BaseAddress.
    /// Default value is 60 seconds.
    /// </summary>
    [Range(1, int.MaxValue)]
    public int TimeoutInSeconds { get; set; } = 60;

    /// <summary>
    /// The maximum number of retries.
    /// </summary>
    [Range(0, 99)]
    public int MaxRetries { get; set; } = 3;

    /// <summary>
    /// In addition to Network failures, TaskCanceledException, HTTP 5XX and HTTP 408. Also retry these <see cref="HttpStatusCode"/>s. [Optional]
    /// </summary>
    public HttpStatusCode[]? HttpStatusCodesToRetry { get; set; }

    /// <summary>
    /// The cache expiration time in minutes for the latest exchange rates.
    /// Default value is 60 minutes.
    /// </summary>
    [Range(0, int.MaxValue)]
    public int GetLatestExchangeRatesCacheExpirationInMinutes { get; set; } = 60;

    /// <summary>
    /// The cache expiration time in hours for the currencies.
    /// Default value is 24 hours.
    /// </summary>
    [Range(0, int.MaxValue)]
    public int GetCurrenciesCacheExpirationInHours { get; set; } = 24;
}

References

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0 was computed.  net5.0-windows was computed.  net6.0 is compatible.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 is compatible.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 is compatible.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed. 
.NET Core netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 is compatible. 
.NET Framework net461 was computed.  net462 was computed.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed. 
MonoMac monomac was computed. 
MonoTouch monotouch was computed. 
Tizen tizen40 was computed.  tizen60 was computed. 
Xamarin.iOS xamarinios was computed. 
Xamarin.Mac xamarinmac was computed. 
Xamarin.TVOS xamarintvos was computed. 
Xamarin.WatchOS xamarinwatchos was computed. 
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Version Downloads Last updated
0.1.0 438 7/8/2024
0.0.4 530 3/21/2024
0.0.3 139 3/16/2024
0.0.2 127 3/14/2024
0.0.1 116 3/13/2024

# 0.1.0 (08 July 2024)
- #6 Fixing cache expiration timespans [bug]
- #5 Cache expiration timespans are using incorrect units when creating FreecurrencyClient [bug]

The full release notes can be found here: https://github.com/StefH/FreecurrencyAPI/blob/main/ReleaseNotes.md