diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+## go-ydfinance
+
+[![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/pieterclaerhout/go-ydfinance)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/pieterclaerhout/go-ydfinance)
+[![Documentation](https://godoc.org/github.com/pieterclaerhout/go-ydfinance?status.svg)](http://godoc.org/github.com/pieterclaerhout/go-ydfinance)
+[![GitHub issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues/pieterclaerhout/go-ydfinance.svg)](https://github.com/pieterclaerhout/go-ydfinance/issues)
+
+This is a [Golang](https://golang.org) library which contains finance related functions.
+
+Currently, the only thing it supports is getting the current exchange rates from the [ECB](https://www.ecb.europa.eu).
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diff --git a/exchange_rates.go b/exchange_rates.go
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+package ydfinance
+
+import (
+	"encoding/xml"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// DefaultRatesURL defines the default URL to fetch the exchange rates from
+const DefaultRatesURL = "https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/eurofxref/eurofxref-daily.xml"
+
+// RatesURL is the URL where to fetch the rates from
+var RatesURL = DefaultRatesURL
+
+// DefaultTimeout is the default tiemout for the HTTP client
+var DefaultTimeout = 5 * time.Second
+
+// ExchangeRates returs the list exchange rates
+func ExchangeRates() (ExchangeRate, error) {
+
+	var rates ExchangeRate
+
+	client := &http.Client{}
+	client.Timeout = DefaultTimeout
+
+	resp, err := client.Get(RatesURL)
+	if err != nil {
+		return rates, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	rawData, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return rates, err
+	}
+
+	err = xml.Unmarshal(rawData, &rates)
+	if err != nil {
+		return rates, err
+	}
+
+	return rates, nil
+
+}
diff --git a/exchange_rates_test.go b/exchange_rates_test.go
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+package ydfinance_test
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+
+	"github.com/pieterclaerhout/go-ydfinance"
+)
+
+func Test_ExchangeRates_Valid(t *testing.T) {
+
+	rates, err := ydfinance.ExchangeRates()
+
+	assert.NoErrorf(t, err, "err should be nil, is: %v", err)
+	assert.NotNilf(t, rates, "rates should not be nil")
+	assert.NotEmpty(t, rates)
+
+}
+
+func Test_ExchangeRates_InvalidURL(t *testing.T) {
+
+	ydfinance.RatesURL = "ht&@-tp://:aa"
+	defer resetRatesURL()
+
+	rates, err := ydfinance.ExchangeRates()
+
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Empty(t, rates)
+
+}
+
+func Test_ExchangeRates_Timeout(t *testing.T) {
+
+	ydfinance.DefaultTimeout = 250 * time.Millisecond
+
+	s := httptest.NewServer(
+		http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			time.Sleep(500 * time.Millisecond)
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain")
+			w.Write([]byte("hello"))
+		}),
+	)
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	ydfinance.RatesURL = s.URL
+	defer resetRatesURL()
+
+	rates, err := ydfinance.ExchangeRates()
+
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Empty(t, rates)
+
+}
+
+func Test_ExchangeRates_ReadBodyError(t *testing.T) {
+
+	s := httptest.NewServer(
+		http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Length", "1")
+		}),
+	)
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	ydfinance.RatesURL = s.URL
+	defer resetRatesURL()
+
+	rates, err := ydfinance.ExchangeRates()
+
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Empty(t, rates)
+
+}
+
+func Test_ExchangeRates_InvalidXML(t *testing.T) {
+
+	s := httptest.NewServer(
+		http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain")
+			w.Write([]byte("hello"))
+		}),
+	)
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	ydfinance.RatesURL = s.URL
+	defer resetRatesURL()
+
+	rates, err := ydfinance.ExchangeRates()
+
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Empty(t, rates)
+
+}
+
+func resetRatesURL() {
+	ydfinance.RatesURL = ydfinance.DefaultRatesURL
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
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+module github.com/pieterclaerhout/go-ydfinance
+
+go 1.13
+
+require github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
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+++ b/go.sum
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+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0 h1:2E4SXV/wtOkTonXsotYi4li6zVWxYlZuYNCXe9XRJyk=
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+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
diff --git a/model.go b/model.go
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+package ydfinance
+
+// ExchangeRate defines the exchange rate
+type ExchangeRate struct {
+	Time  string             `xml:"time"`
+	Cubes []ExchangeRateCube `xml:"Cube"`
+}
+
+// ExchangeRateCube defines an exchange rate cube
+type ExchangeRateCube struct {
+	TimedCubes []ExchangeRateTimedCube `xml:"Cube"`
+}
+
+// ExchangeRateTimedCube defines an exchange rate timed cube
+type ExchangeRateTimedCube struct {
+	Time  string                     `xml:"time,attr"`
+	Rates []ExchangeRateCurrencyCube `xml:"Cube"`
+}
+
+// ExchangeRateCurrencyCube defines an exchange rate currency cube
+type ExchangeRateCurrencyCube struct {
+	Currency string  `xml:"currency,attr"`
+	Rate     float64 `xml:"rate,attr"`
+}