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/ Finance::Quote::CurrencyRates::AlphaVantage

NAME

Finance::Quote::CurrencyRates::AlphaVantage - Obtain currency rates from https://www.alphavantage.co

SYNOPSIS

use Finance::Quote;

$q = Finance::Quote->new(currency_rates => {order        => ['AlphaVantage'],
                                            alphavantage => {API_KEY => ...}});

$value = $q->currency('18.99 EUR', 'USD');

DESCRIPTION

This module fetches currency rates from https://www.alphavantage.co and provides data to Finance::Quote to convert the first argument to the equivalent value in the currency indicated by the second argument.

This module is the default currency conversion module for a Finance::Quote object.

API_KEY

https://www.alphavantage.co requires users to register and obtain an API key, which is also called a token.

The API key may be set by either providing a alphavantage hash inside the currency_rates hash to Finance::Quote->new as in the above example, or by setting the environment variable ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY.

Terms & Conditions

Use of https://www.alphavantage.co is governed by any terms & conditions of that site.

Finance::Quote is released under the GNU General Public License, version 2, which explicitly carries a "No Warranty" clause.