| Original author(s) | Meher Ranjan Aman Jain |
|---|---|
| Initial release | August 9, 2010 |
| Stable release | 1.0 |
| Development status | Active |
| Written in | JavaScript & CSS |
| Size | 7KB |
| Type | Application programming interface (API) |
| License | Apache License version 2.0 |
| Website | http://webrupee.com/ |
WebRupee is an API build to provide access of Indian rupee sign over the web. It was released on 9 August,2010 in Pune, India. Accessed over a 300,000 times, WebRupee is the most easy to use solution.
WebRupee is free and licensed under the Apache License version 2.0. WebRupee is developed to convert the Rs / Rs. in a website to the Rupee Symbol, which was approved by Indian Government on 15 July 2010. WebRupee does not use image for the "Rs" replacement. WebRupee provides 2 methods to perform the action. One method converts specific instances of the "Rs" occurrences. Other one converts all the "Rs" occurrences to the symbol.
WebRupee provides a backwards compatible solution to the new Indian Rupee Symbol. It can be viewed in computers which does not have their Unicode Character Set updated. Till now there is no solution available to use the symbol as a text over the web. Using an image to represent the symbol is discouraged.
WebRupee contains the following features:
Rs over there,WebRupee has two usage styles:
<script src="http://cdn.webrupee.com/js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://cdn.webrupee.com/font">
Using this the following markup Rs can be converted to rupee sign:
<span class="WebRupee"><i>Rs will go here</i></span> 200