#!/usr/local/bin/perl use utf8; use Locale::Currency; use File::Basename; use Cache::FileCache; use Finance::Quote; use POSIX; print "FOO: ". get_price("CHF","EUR","50") . "\n"; sub get_price { my ($currency_from,$currency_to,$amount) = @_; my ($filename) = fileparse($0, '.pl'); my $cache = Cache::FileCache->new({ cache_root => "$ENV{HOME}/.$filename", default_expires_in => '1 day', }); my $quote = Finance::Quote->new(); my $ratio = $cache->get("$currency_from:$currency_to"); $ratio = $quote->currency($currency_from, $currency_to) unless defined $ratio; die "sorry, cannot convert from $currency_from to $currency_to\n" unless defined $ratio; $cache->set("$currency_from:$currency_to", $ratio); return $amount * $ratio }