Commodity Price API

Copper Price API

Copper is an essential industrial metal used in construction, electrical wiring, electronics, and manufacturing. Copper futures trade on COMEX and are priced in USD per pound. Often called 'Doctor Copper', copper prices are widely regarded as a leading indicator of global economic health. The Copper Price API provides real-time copper market data for industrial and financial applications.

Use Cases

  • Track copper prices for construction and manufacturing cost analysis
  • Build economic indicator dashboards using copper price trends
  • Monitor copper futures for commodities trading platforms
  • Integrate copper pricing into industrial procurement tools

/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=copper

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=copper" \ -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 Copper 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 copper for Copper.

  • 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=copper&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=copper&period=1h" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"