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by josscrowcroft 3502 days ago
I'm most proud of making Open Exchange Rates (https://openexchangerates.org), which grew out of a hobby project (and a desire to create a really simple API for something that had previously been annoyingly complex.)

The basic JSON API request and response formats are unchanged since day 0, although we've added a few new features in response to customers' demands over the years.
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sixhobbits 3502 days ago
I've been using this for years. Really really nice both practically (the data is useful) and conceptually (I always use this or OpenWeatherMap to explain to students what an API is)
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pavelshtanko 3501 days ago
Wow, nice, I'm looking into alternatives to OANDA to do simple ER requests.. And your comment is really in place for me.
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