get fx rates from fixer api

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/rates.js b/rates.js
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+const axios = require("axios");
+const config = require("./config");
+const l = console.log;
+
+module.exports = app => {
+  let fetchRates;
+  (fetchRates = async () => {
+    try {
+      let rates = {};
+      let res = await axios.get(
+        `http://data.fixer.io/api/latest?access_key=${config.fixer}`
+      );
+
+      let fx = res.data.rates;
+
+      Object.keys(fx).map(symbol => {
+        rates[symbol] = fx[symbol] / fx["USD"];
+      });
+
+      app.set("rates", rates);
+    } catch (e) {
+      l(e);
+    }
+
+    setTimeout(fetchRates, 180000);
+  })();
+};