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conversion/admin.py

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+from django.contrib import admin
+
+# Register your models here.

conversion/apps.py

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+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class ConversionConfig(AppConfig):
+    name = 'conversion'
+

conversion/migrations/0001_initial.py

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+# Generated by Django 2.0.2 on 2018-04-27 03:22
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    initial = True
+
+    dependencies = [
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='Converter',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
+                ('units', models.CharField(max_length=200)),
+                ('value', models.FloatField()),
+            ],
+        ),
+    ]

conversion/models.py

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+from django.db import models
+
+# Create your models here.
+
+class Converter(models.Model):
+    units = models.CharField(max_length=200)
+    value = models.FloatField()
+
+def __str__(self):
+    return '%s, %f' % (self.units, self.value)

conversion/tests.py

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+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.

conversion/urls.py

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+from django.urls import path
+
+from . import views
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('json', views.get, name='get'),
+    path('', views.init, name='init'),
+]

conversion/views.py

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+from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+from conversion.models import Converter
+import math
+import json
+
+
+# Create your views here.
+def get(request):
+    print(request)
+    value = request.GET.get('value')
+    frm = request.GET['from']
+    to = request.GET['to']
+    print(value, " ", to, " ", frm)
+    tmp = Converter.objects.get(units=frm)
+    print(tmp)
+    total = tmp.value * float(value)
+    print(str(total))
+
+    data = {}
+    data['units'] = to
+    data['value'] = total
+    json_data = json.dumps(data)
+    print(json_data)
+    return HttpResponse(json_data)
+
+def init(request):
+    Converter.objects.all().delete();
+    this = Converter(units='lbs', value='14.5833')
+    this.save()
+
+    return HttpResponse('Data Base Initialized')