A premium, high-performance developer currency exchange rate platform built on Laravel 13, React 19, and Redis.

ghostcompiler-api is a complete developer API and dashboard solution modeled after Open Exchange Rates. The application pulls and processes daily international currency values for over 150 countries, optimizes performance using high-speed Redis database caching, logs query analytics, and exports developer API credentials.

• Secure API Tokens: Full CRUD token lifecycle manager inside the developer panel. Custom base fallback currencies (defaults to INR system-wide).
• Daily Sync Engine: Automated daily command retrieves live values and updates local metadata (currencies, countries, names, rates).
• Redis Caching: Cached endpoint metrics reduce database queries and ensure sub-10ms response times.
• Sleek Developer Landing Page: Beautiful dark mode interface complete with Framer Motion animations, live guest conversion widgets, and code sample highlights.
• Scalar Reference Docs: Interactive API documentation served at /docs with Scalar's modern dark theme UI, complete with Bearer Try-it-out options.

• Framework: Laravel 13.x (PHP 8.5)
• Client: React 19.x (InertiaJS v3)
• Styling: TailwindCSS v4 with Shadcn theme variables
• Cache: Redis (via predis driver)
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Docs UI: Scalar UI via CDN + /public/openapi.json
• Test Suite: Pest PHP

All API endpoints are prefixed with /api/v1 and require your token provided inside the header: Authorization: Bearer <your_token>.

• Route: GET /api/v1/authorize
• Description: Validates that a key is active and returns metadata.

• Route: GET /api/v1
• Description: Returns active exchange rates relative to the token's configured base currency (falls back to INR).

• Route: GET /api/v1/{code}
• Description: Returns active exchange rates relative to the {code} base currency.

• Route: POST /api/v1/{from}/{to}
• Request Body: {"amount": 100}
• Description: Converts a specific amount from {from} to {to}.

Ensure you have PHP 8.5+, Composer, Node.js 18+, Redis, and PostgreSQL running on your machine.

composer install
npm install

Copy .env.example to .env and configure your database and Redis connections:

DB_CONNECTION=pgsql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=5432
DB_DATABASE=currency_db
DB_USERNAME=postgres
DB_PASSWORD=secret

REDIS_CLIENT=predis
REDIS_HOST=127.0.0.1
REDIS_PORT=6379

php artisan migrate

Ensure Wayfinder compiles route types:

npm run build

Sync currencies and rates from providers:

php artisan app:sync-currencies

Start the concurrent servers (Laravel development server + Vite dev watcher):

npm run dev

To verify the features remain stable, execute feature assertions:

php artisan test --compact

Format modified PHP files before committing:

vendor/bin/pint --dirty --format agent

• URL: git@github.com:ghostcompiler/currency-api-dashboard.git