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Task:

Create a stand alone HTTP service written in Golang that returns the current foreign exchange rates within the hour.

Specifics:

Openexchange to be used as the source of forex data and retrieved rates should be cached for an hour at a time. You are free to use any version of Golang above 1.5.

Endpoints that must be implemented:

All endpoints should return JSON

GET /current_rates

• Returns the list of latest rates retrieved from Openexchange.

GET /current_rates?currency=<currency_code>

• Returns the current rate for the desired currency code e.g /current_rates?currency=USD

Things you may need:

• https://tour.golang.org/welcome/1
• https://docs.openexchangerates.org/ (you would need to sign up for a free API key)

To run

make run should start the web application at port 8080

To test

make test should test the web application