
from django.http import HttpResponse
from currency import forms
from django.shortcuts import render
import requests
import json

def convert_currency(request):
    ''' convert the given amount to target country amount'''
    
    # calling API using requests lib
    api_request = requests.get("http://data.fixer.io/api/latest?access_key=40eac7a32ba84e0369830d99248246b7")
    currency_dict = json.loads(api_request.text)

    currency_rates_dict = currency_dict['rates']
    list_of_country_currency_code = [x for x in currency_rates_dict.keys()]
    tuple_of_country_codes = [tuple([x,x]) for x in list_of_country_currency_code]
    
    # initialize form with country currency code
    currency_form = forms.CurrencyForm(tuple_of_country_codes,request.POST or None)

    converted_currency = ""
    if request.method == "POST":
        # check sanitation
        if currency_form.is_valid():

            # values from the html input fields
            source_currency_code = currency_form.cleaned_data['source_currency_code']
            target_currency_code = currency_form.cleaned_data['target_currency_code']
            input_currency_value = currency_form.cleaned_data['source_currency_value']

            # get live amount of selected country 
            from_country_base_value = currency_rates_dict[source_currency_code]
            to_country_base_value = currency_rates_dict[target_currency_code]
            
            # logic to calculate the converted_currency
            converted_currency = (to_country_base_value / from_country_base_value) * float(input_currency_value)

            return render(request, 'currency/currency-index.html', {'currency_form':currency_form, 'converted_currency':converted_currency})

    # form initialization
    context = {
        'currency_form': currency_form,
        'converted_currency':converted_currency
    }
    return render(request, 'currency/currency-index.html', context)

from django.http import HttpResponse
from currency import forms
from django.shortcuts import render
import requests
import json

def convert_currency(request):
    ''' convert the given amount to target country amount'''
    
    # calling API using requests lib
    api_request = requests.get("http://data.fixer.io/api/latest?access_key=40eac7a32ba84e0369830d99248246b7")
    currency_dict = json.loads(api_request.text)

    currency_rates_dict = currency_dict['rates']
    list_of_country_currency_code = [x for x in currency_rates_dict.keys()]
    tuple_of_country_codes = [tuple([x,x]) for x in list_of_country_currency_code]
    
    # initialize form with country currency code
    currency_form = forms.CurrencyForm(tuple_of_country_codes,request.POST or None)

    converted_currency = ""
    if request.method == "POST":
        # check sanitation
        if currency_form.is_valid():

            # values from the html input fields
            source_currency_code = currency_form.cleaned_data['source_currency_code']
            target_currency_code = currency_form.cleaned_data['target_currency_code']
            input_currency_value = currency_form.cleaned_data['source_currency_value']

            # get live amount of selected country 
            from_country_base_value = currency_rates_dict[source_currency_code]
            to_country_base_value = currency_rates_dict[target_currency_code]
            
            # logic to calculate the converted_currency
            converted_currency = (to_country_base_value / from_country_base_value) * float(input_currency_value)

            return render(request, 'currency/currency-index.html', {'currency_form':currency_form, 'converted_currency':converted_currency})

    # form initialization
    context = {
        'currency_form': currency_form,
        'converted_currency':converted_currency
    }
    return render(request, 'currency/currency-index.html', context)
convert the given amount to target country amount # calling API using requests lib # initialize form with country currency code # check sanitation # values from the html input fields # get live amount of selected country # logic to calculate the converted_currency # form initialization