using a 3rd party API

Hi guys

I have been asked by a client to see if we can add a foreign exchange feed to a site and have managed to find a free supplier of this (openexchangerates.org) but I have never implemented this sort of thing on a site before and I dont have a scooby as to where or how I should start.

The quick start guide can be seen here: https://openexchangerates.org/quick-start

If you could give me a bit of steerage in how to get this going I would REALLY appreciate it. For example, getting the GBP/USD rate as a feed would be a great start :D

Many thanks

Jamie

their documentation includes sample code to help get you started:
https://openexchangerates.org/documentation#example-php-curl

i saw that but was a little confused... I seem to have it working to a certain extent. Many thanks for pointint it out Jason

quick question, in this code:

<?php
$file = 'latest.json';
$appId = '67682092accb4a6eb220ec8524d84081';
$ch = curl_init("http://openexchangerates.org/api/{$file}?app_id={$appId}");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
$json = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
$exchangeRates = json_decode($json);
printf(
"%s : GBP: %s ",
$exchangeRates->base,
$exchangeRates->rates-> GBP
);
?>

How would I get the output from the printf statement to be divided by 1?

that would be better addressed to the open exchange support:
https://openexchangerates.org/faq/


see the link at the bottom for the email address to send "Any other question not answered here?" questions to.

ok thanks Jason... just thought there was a simple way of doing something like that. Will get in touch with them

Cheers again

Jamie