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Currency Conversion API

The Currency Conversion API allows you to convert pairs of currencies. Choose from over 100 different currencies.

Most popular currency pairs: USD/EUR, USD/GBP, USD/CAD



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/v1/convertcurrency GET

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/convertcurrency

Converts an existing currency and amount into a new currency.

Parameters

  • have  required

    Currency you currently hold. Must be 3-character currency code (e.g. USD).

  • want  required

    Currency you want to convert to. Must be 3-character currency code (e.g. USD).

  • amount  required

    Amount of currency to convert.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Response

  • old_amount

    The original amount to convert (e.g. 5000).

  • old_currency

    The original currency code (e.g. GBP).

  • new_amount

    The converted amount in the new currency (e.g. 9559.32).

  • new_currency

    The new currency code (e.g. AUD).

Sample Request Live Demo!

have
want
amount

Try this API endpoint with all available parameters in our API playground

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/convertcurrency?have=GBP&want=AUD&amount=5000

Headers

X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API Key

Sample Response

JSON
1 2 3 4 5 6 { "old_amount": 5000, "old_currency": "GBP", "new_currency": "AUD", "new_amount": 9559.32 }

Code Examples

1 2 curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/convertcurrency?have=GBP&want=AUD&amount=5000" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.