Free foreign-currency exchange rates API
While working on one of my projects, I needed a currency rates from one currency to other. I searched google for API but most of them are paid plans or free limited API calls. And I came to these free currency rates provided by “Euro foreign exchange reference rates” the rates updated every day 16:00 CET. But I can’t used it directly in my code, I’m expecting something like API. I decided to convert that Euro exchange rates to some developer friendly API. The final shape of the idea is ratesapi.io. Developer friendly json API for currency exchange rates. I’m really happy when other developers get benefited by this API.
Key Benifits:
- More than 30+ currency rates available.
- Get historical rates for any day since 1999.
- API 24X7 availability.
- Simple and powerful JSON API.
- API Response in milliseconds.
- ssl encryption.
- Conversion API from base currency to target currency.
Usage:
=> Get Latest Rates:
Base currency default to EUR conversion rates
URL: https://ratesapi.io/api/latest{
"base":"EUR","date":"2018-04-20","rates":
{
"AUD":1.5983,"BGN":1.9558,"BRL":4.1892,"CAD":1.5557,"CHF":1.197,
"CNY":7.7449,"CZK":25.34,"DKK":7.4477,"GBP":0.87608,"HKD":9.6568,
"HRK":7.411,"HUF":310.52,"IDR":17142.74,"ILS":4.3435,"INR":81.39,
"ISK":123.3,"JPY":132.41,"KRW":1316.26,"MXN":22.7424,"MYR":4.7924,
"NOK":9.605,"NZD":1.7032,"PHP":64.179,"PLN":4.1677,"RON":4.6586,
"RUB":75.7375,"SEK":10.3703,"SGD":1.6172,"THB":38.552,"TRY":4.9803,"USD":1.2309,"ZAR":14.8008
}
}
=> Latest Rates based on USD
URL: GET : https://ratesapi.io/api/latest?base=USD{
"base":"USD","date":"2018-04-20","rates":
{
"AUD":1.2985,"BGN":1.5889,"BRL":3.4034,"CAD":1.2639,
"CHF":0.9725,"CNY":6.2921,"CZK":20.5866,"DKK":6.0506,
"EUR":0.8124,"GBP":0.7117,"HKD":7.8453,"HRK":6.0208,
"HUF":252.2707,"IDR":13926.9965,"ILS":3.5287,"INR":66.1223,
"ISK":100.1706,"JPY":107.5717,"KRW":1069.3476,"MXN":18.4762,
"MYR":3.8934,"NOK":7.8032,"NZD":1.3837,"PHP":52.1399,"PLN":3.3859,
"RON":3.7847,"RUB":61.5302,"SEK":8.425,"SGD":1.3138,
"THB":31.3202,"TRY":4.0461,"ZAR":12.0244
}
}
=> Get Rates based on specific date
currency rates available from year 1999
URL: GET: https://ratesapi.io/api/2008-12-10{
"base":"EUR","date":"2008-12-10","rates":
{
"AUD":3.2406,"BRL":1.6295,"CAD":8.8708,"CNY":10.0171,
"CYP":25.9,"CZK":7.4499,"DKK":15.6466,"EEK":0.87325,
"GBP":263.75,"HKD":14185.19,"HRK":36.0941,"HUF":3.4528,
"INR":1790.76,"ISK":9.1285,"JPY":1.9558,"KRW":17.4681,
"LTL":0.7092,"MTL":3.9566,"MXN":4.6724,"MYR":2.3696,
"NOK":7.1923,"NZD":62.47,"PHP":1.9393,"ROL":3.878,
"RON":10.567,"SGD":45.748,"SIT":30.189,"SKK":1.5587,
"TRL":2.028,"TRY":1.9665,"USD":119.77
}
}
=> Get Rates from one currency to other
URL: GET: https://ratesapi.io/api/latest?base=USD&symbols=INR,GBP{"base":"USD","date":"2018-04-20","rates":{"GBP":0.7117,"INR":66.1223}}
Code on GitHub: https://github.com/MicroPyramid/ratesapi
Python package using rates api: https://github.com/MicroPyramid/forex-python
