added currency convertor

Author: 19-ayushi

Python/Currency Convertor/README.md

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+# 🌐 Currency Convertor (Python)
+
+A simple Python CLI tool to convert currency using real time exchange rates fetched from the free Hexarate API.  
+
+---
+
+## 🚀 Features
+- Real time exchange rates (no API keys required)
+- Convert any amount between any two currencies
+- Display results in a clean CLI format.
+
+---
+## Usage
+
+python3 currency_converter.py <FROM_CURRENCY> <TO_CURRENCY> <AMOUNT>
+Example: python3 currency_converter.py USD EUR 100
+
+Output: 100.00 USD = 94.23 EUR
+
+
+## 🧰 Requirements
+
+Install the dependencies using pip:
+```bash
+pip install requests

Python/Currency Convertor/currency_convertor.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys
+import requests
+
+def convert_currency(from_currency, to_currency, amount):
+    API_URL = f"https://hexarate.paikama.co/api/rates/latest/{from_currency}?target={to_currency}"
+    response = requests.get(API_URL)
+    data = response.json()
+    result = amount*(data["data"]["mid"])
+
+    if response.status_code != 200:
+        raise Exception(f"API request failed: {response.status_code}")
+
+    return result
+
+def main():
+    if len(sys.argv) != 4:
+        print("Usage: python currency_converter.py <FROM> <TO> <AMOUNT>")
+        print("Example: python currency_converter.py USD EUR 100")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    from_currency = sys.argv[1]
+    to_currency = sys.argv[2]
+    amount = float(sys.argv[3])
+
+    try:
+        result = convert_currency(from_currency, to_currency, amount)
+        print(f"{amount:.2f} {from_currency.upper()} = {result:.2f} {to_currency.upper()}")
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error: {e}")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

Python/Currency Convertor/requirements.txt

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+requests