Exchange Rate API

The Exchange Rate API provides exchange rates on global currencies. Choose from hundreds of different currency pairs.



/v1/exchangerate GET

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

Returns the exchange rate for a given currency pair.

Parameters

  • pair  required

    currency pair to query. Must be in the form of currency1_currency2 (e.g. USD_EUR)

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Response

  • rate

    The exchange rate for the given currency pair.

  • timestamp

    The timestamp of the exchange rate in Unix format (in seconds).

Sample Request Live Demo!

pair
https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/exchangerate?pair=GBP_AUD

Headers

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

Sample Response

JSON
1 2 3 4 { "currency_pair": "GBP_AUD", "exchange_rate": 1.911863 }

Code Examples

1 2 curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/exchangerate?pair=GBP_AUD" \ -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.