Commodity Price API

Aluminum Futures Price API

Aluminum is the world's most widely used non-ferrous metal, critical for aerospace, automotive, packaging, and construction industries. Aluminum futures trade on COMEX and are priced in USD per pound. The Aluminum Price API provides real-time aluminum market data for manufacturers, traders, and financial developers.

Use Cases

  • Monitor aluminum prices for manufacturing and packaging cost tracking
  • Build commodity price dashboards for industrial applications
  • Track aluminum futures for procurement and supply chain tools
  • Integrate aluminum pricing into financial analytics platforms

/v1/commodityprice GET

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

Parameters

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Response

A JSON object with the following fields or an error if the request is unsuccessful.

  • exchange

    The symbol of the exchange where the commodity is traded (e.g., COMEX).

  • name

    The name of the commodity.

  • price

    The current price of the commodity in USD.

  • updated

    The Unix timestamp of the price update.

Sample Request Live Demo!

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

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/commodityprice?name=aluminum

Headers

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

Sample Response

JSON

Code Examples

1 2 curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/commodityprice?name=aluminum" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

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

/v1/commoditypricehistorical GET Premium Only

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

Returns historical Aluminum Futures futures price data in OHLCV (Open, High, Low, Close, Volume) format. Data is returned in descending order (most recent first), and all prices are in USD.

Parameters

  • name  required

    Use aluminum for Aluminum Futures.

  • period  optional

    Time interval between data points. Valid values: 1m, 5m, 15m, 30m, 1h, 4h, 1d. Default is 1h.

  • start  optional

    Start timestamp in Unix format. Defaults to 24 hours ago.

  • end  optional

    End timestamp in Unix format. Defaults to current time.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Response

A JSON array of objects or an error if the request is unsuccessful.

  • open

    Opening price in USD.

  • high

    Highest price in USD.

  • low

    Lowest price in USD.

  • close

    Closing price in USD.

  • volume

    Trading volume.

  • time

    Unix timestamp of the period.

Sample Request Live Demo!

period
start
end

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

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/commoditypricehistorical?name=aluminum&period=1h

Headers

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

Sample Response

JSON

Code Examples

1 2 curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/commoditypricehistorical?name=aluminum&period=1h" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"