Update __init__.py

[johnfraney]

Use newer except x as y exception definition syntax

[johnfraney]

Fixes #5

[stevelacey]

@kadirpekel @metglobal ☝️

[einarf]

Would be nice with a merge and new release. There are a few projects depending on this one.

[bethnull]

Is this project abandoned?

One year and a half for merging a pull request?

[dsmurrell]

This has prevented me from using this and now I will look for an alternative.

[einarf]

There is a fork located here: https://github.com/lihan/openexchangerates3
It's even on PyPI as openexchangerates3

[dsmurrell]

Thanks @einarf, I ended up going basic:

import requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://openexchangerates.org/api/currencies.json",
    params={"app_id": "XXXXXXXXXXXXX"},
)
currencies = json.loads(r.text)

r = requests.get(
    "https://openexchangerates.org/api/latest.json",
    params={"app_id": "XXXXXXXXXXXXX"},
)
latest = json.loads(r.text)