Naira ExchangeRatesAPI - Naira Currency Exchange Rates API SDK

Free Naira Exchange Rates API, which provides past or recent exchange rate lookups. It features a number of useful functions and can be installed easily using Composer..

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require infinitypaul/naira-exchange-rates

Alternatively, you can download all files from the src/ directory and include them in your project. Important note: if you're manually installing the SDK, you must also install Guzzle Client.

Usage

The Naira Currency Exchange API does require API keys or authentication in order to access and interrogate its API, Register and get your token on http://nairaexchangerate.herokuapp.com/.

Basic usage:

Fetch the latest exchange rates

$naira = new NairaExchangeRates
$rates  = $naira->setType('cbn')->fetch();

Historical Data:
Get historical rates for any day since 1999:

$naira = new NairaExchangeRates
$rates  = $naira->setType('cbn')->addDateFrom('2019-11-26')->fetch();

Fetch Specific Rate:
If you do not want all current rates, it's possible to specify only the currencies you want

$naira = new NairaExchangeRates
$rates  = $naira->setType('cbn')->setBaseCurrency('usd')->fetch();

4. API Reference:

The following API reference lists the publicly-available methods for the

NairaExchangeRatesAPI Reference:

addDateFrom( string $from ):
Set the date from which to retrieve historic rates. $from should be a string containing an ISO 8601 date.

setType( string $to ):
Set The Exchange Rate Type You Want To Retrieve, we have the following types

1. cbn Central Bank Of Nigeria Rate
2. bdc Burueu The Change Rate
3. bank Bank Rate
4. moneygram MoneyGram Rate
5. westernunion Western Union Rate

addDateTo( string $type ):
Set the end date for the retrieval of historic rates. $to should be a string containing an ISO 8601 date.

setBaseCurrency( string $code ):
Set the base currency you want to retrieve. $code should be passed an ISO 4217 code (e.g. EUR).
$code must be one of the supported currency codes.

fetch():
Send off the request to the API and return either a Json,

5. Supported Currencies:

The library supports the following currencies USD, GBP, EUR, JPY, XAF, CNY, QAR, ZAR, SEK:

Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Bug & Features

If you have spotted any bugs, or would like to request additional features from the library, please file an issue via the Issue Tracker on the project's Github page: https://github.com/infinitypaul/naira-exchange-rates/issues.

Credits

• Paul Edward
• Olutoye Owojaye
• All Contributors

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License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.