Currency Tracker

Currency Tracker is a .NET application that fetches and logs currency exchange rates using Hangfire for scheduling and Azure Functions for serverless execution.

Project Structure

• CurrencyTracker/: Main application directory

  • CurrencyResponse.cs: Defines the structure of the currency response.
  • CurrencyService.cs: Contains the service to fetch currency rates.
  • Program.cs: Configures and runs the application.
  • appsettings.json: Application configuration file.
  • appsettings.Development.json: Development-specific configuration.
  • CurrencyTracker.csproj: Project file for the main application.
  • CurrencyTracker.sln: Solution file for the main application.
  • .vscode/: VS Code configuration files.

• CurrencyTrackerFunction/: Azure Functions project directory

  • CurrencyResponse.cs: Defines the structure of the currency response.
  • CurrencyService.cs: Contains the service to fetch currency rates.
  • FetchCurrencyRate.cs: Azure Function to fetch currency rates on a schedule.
  • Program.cs: Configures and runs the Azure Functions application.
  • local.settings.json: Local settings for Azure Functions.
  • CurrencyTrackerFunction.csproj: Project file for the Azure Functions application.
  • CurrencyTrackerFunction.sln: Solution file for the Azure Functions application.
  • .vscode/: VS Code configuration files.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• .NET 8.0 SDK
• Azure Functions Core Tools
• Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio

Setting Up

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone <repository-url>
   cd CurrencyTracker

2. Restore the dependencies:

   dotnet run

3. The application will be available at https://localhost:7178 or http://localhost:5001

Running Azure Functions

1. Navigate to the CurrencyTrackerFunction directory:

   cd CurrencyTrackerFunction

2. Build the Azure Functions project:

   dotnet build

3. Start the Azure Functions host:

   func start