How to create a currency convertor in python

In this tutorial I will show you how to create a currency convertor using python program.

Install required Package:

pip install python-dateutil requests BeautifulSoup4

PYTHON CODE:

import requests

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as bs

import re

from dateutil.parser import parse



def convert_currency_xe(src, dst, amount):

    url = f"https://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount={amount}&From={src}&To={dst}"

    content = requests.get(url).content

    soup = bs(content, "html.parser")

    exchange_rate_html = soup.find_all("p")[2]

    last_updated_datetime = parse(re.search(r"Last updated (.+)", exchange_rate_html.parent.parent.find_all("div")[-2].text).group()[12:])

    return last_updated_datetime, exchange_rate_html.text



if __name__ == "__main__":

    from_currency = input("From Currency: ").upper()

    to_currency = input("To Currency: ").upper()

    amount = int(input("Enter the amount: "))

    

    last_updated_datetime, exchange_rate = convert_currency_xe(from_currency, to_currency, amount)

    print("Last updated datetime:", last_updated_datetime)

    print(f"{amount} {from_currency} = {exchange_rate} {to_currency}")

OUTPUT:

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