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JavaScript

Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,319 Points
Posted by Henrik Christensen
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Henrik Christensen
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 38,319 Points

Need input

Hi,

I'm trying to solve the currency converter challenge given by Andrew Chalkley after the last course in Node.js Basics, and it's "working" for now with some minor bugs (You need to enter the currency in all uppercase for some odd reason).

I could use some feedback/input for what to add, fix or improve.

Console input: node app.js 50 DKK NOK

Console output: 50 DKK = 62 NOK

app.js

const currency = require('./currency');

const value = process.argv.slice(2);
const fromCurrency = process.argv.slice(3)[0];
const toCurrency = process.argv.slice(4);

currency.get(value, fromCurrency, toCurrency);

currency.js

const https = require('https');

function printError(error) {
    console.error(error.message);
}

function get(value, fromCurrency, toCurrency) {
    try {
        const request = https.get(`https://api.fixer.io/latest?base=${fromCurrency}`, res => {
            let body = "";
            res.on('data', data => {
                body += data;
            });

            res.on('end', () => {
                try {
                    const amount = parseInt(value);
                    const currency = JSON.parse(body);
                    console.log(`${amount} ${currency.base} = ${Math.round(amount * currency.rates[toCurrency])} ${toCurrency}`);
                } catch(err) {
                    printError(err);
                }
            });
        });

        request.on('error', err => {
            printError(err);
        });
    } catch(err) {
        printError(err);
    }
}

module.exports.get = get;