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Real Time Currency Convertor

This document describes a Python program that creates a graphical user interface (GUI) for a real-time currency converter. It uses the Tkinter module to build the GUI, which includes drop-down menus to select currencies to convert between, fields to enter amounts, and buttons to trigger the conversion and clear the fields. The program makes an API call to retrieve the latest exchange rate and performs the conversion calculation when the user clicks the "Convert" button.

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214 views

Real Time Currency Convertor

This document describes a Python program that creates a graphical user interface (GUI) for a real-time currency converter. It uses the Tkinter module to build the GUI, which includes drop-down menus to select currencies to convert between, fields to enter amounts, and buttons to trigger the conversion and clear the fields. The program makes an API call to retrieve the latest exchange rate and performs the conversion calculation when the user clicks the "Convert" button.

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COMPUTER

PROJECT
: Real time currency convertor :
Prerequisites:
Python offers multiple options for developing GUI (Graphical User Interface).
Out of all the GUI methods, tkinter is the most commonly used method. It is
a standard Python interface to the Tk GUI toolkit shipped with Python. Python
with tkinter outputs the fastest and easiest way to create the GUI
applications.
Below is the implementation :
# import all functions from the tkinter
from tkinter import *

# Create a GUI window


root = Tk()
# create a global variables
variable1 = StringVar(root)
variable2 = StringVar(root)

# initialise the variables


variable1.set("currency")
variable2.set("currency")

# Function to perform real time conversion


# from one currency to another currency
def RealTimeCurrencyConversion():

# importing required libraries


import requests, json

# currency code
from_currency = variable1.get()
to_currency = variable2.get()

# enter your api key here


api_key = "Your_Api_Key"

# base_url variable store base url


base_url = r"https://www.alphavantage.co/query?function = CURRENCY_EXCHANGE_RATE"

# main_url variable store complete url


main_url = base_url + "&from_currency =" + from_currency +
"&to_currency =" + to_currency + "&apikey =" + api_key

# get method of requests module


# return response object
req_ob = requests.get(main_url)
# json method return json format
# data into python dictionary data type.

# result contains list of nested dictionaries


result = req_ob.json()

# parsing the required information


Exchange_Rate = float(result["Realtime Currency Exchange Rate"]
['5. Exchange Rate'])

# get method of Entry widget


# returns current text as a
# string from text entry box.
amount = float(Amount1_field.get())

# calculation for the conversion


new_amount = round(amount * Exchange_Rate, 3)

# insert method inserting the


# value in the text entry box.
Amount2_field.insert(0, str(new_amount))

# Function for clearing the Entry field


def clear_all() :
Amount1_field.delete(0, END)
Amount2_field.delete(0, END)

# Driver code
if __name__ == "__main__" :

# Set the background colour of GUI window


root.configure(background = 'light green')

# Set the configuration of GUI window (WidthxHeight)


root.geometry("400x175")

# Create welcome to Real Time Currency Convertor label


headlabel = Label(root, text = 'welcome to Real Time Currency Convertor',
fg = 'black', bg = "red")

# Create a "Amount :" label


label1 = Label(root, text = "Amount :",
fg = 'black', bg = 'dark green')

# Create a "From Currency :" label


label2 = Label(root, text = "From Currency",
fg = 'black', bg = 'dark green')
# Create a "To Currency: " label
label3 = Label(root, text = "To Currency :",
fg = 'black', bg = 'dark green')

# Create a "Converted Amount :" label


label4 = Label(root, text = "Converted Amount :",
fg = 'black', bg = 'dark green')

# grid method is used for placing


# the widgets at respective positions
# in table like structure .
headlabel.grid(row = 0, column = 1)
label1.grid(row = 1, column = 0)
label2.grid(row = 2, column = 0)
label3.grid(row = 3, column = 0)
label4.grid(row = 5, column = 0)

# Create a text entry box


# for filling or typing the information.
Amount1_field = Entry(root)
Amount2_field = Entry(root)

# ipadx keyword argument set width of entry space.


Amount1_field.grid(row = 1, column = 1, ipadx ="25")
Amount2_field.grid(row = 5, column = 1, ipadx ="25")

# list of currency codes


CurrenyCode_list = ["INR", "USD", "CAD", "CNY", "DKK", "EUR"]

# create a drop down menu using OptionMenu function


# which takes window name, variable and choices as
# an argument. use * befor the name of the list,
# to unpack the values
FromCurrency_option = OptionMenu(root, variable1, *CurrenyCode_list)
ToCurrency_option = OptionMenu(root, variable2, *CurrenyCode_list)

FromCurrency_option.grid(row = 2, column = 1, ipadx = 10)


ToCurrency_option.grid(row = 3, column = 1, ipadx = 10)

# Create a Convert Button and attached


# with RealTimeCurrencyExchangeRate function
button1 = Button(root, text = "Convert", bg = "red", fg = "black",
command = RealTimeCurrencyConversion)

button1.grid(row = 4, column = 1)

# Create a Clear Button and attached


# with delete function
button2 = Button(root, text = "Clear", bg = "red",
fg = "black", command = clear_all)
button2.grid(row = 6, column = 1)

# Start the GUI


root.mainloop()
Output :

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