Currency Conversion API

Brazilian Real (BRL) Currency API

The Brazilian Real is the currency of Latin America's largest economy and a major commodity exporter of soybeans, iron ore, and coffee. Managed by the Central Bank of Brazil, the BRL is the most traded currency in Latin America. BRL exchange rates are influenced by Central Bank of Brazil interest rate decisions, commodity prices, fiscal policy, and political developments.

The Brazilian Real Currency API allows you to:

  • Convert BRL (Brazilian Real) to any of 170+ supported currencies
  • Get real-time BRL exchange rates
  • Access BRL conversion rates via simple REST API
  • Premium plan required for BRL currency pairs
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/v1/convertcurrency GET

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

Parameters

  • have  required

    Currency you currently hold. For example, BRL.

  • want  required

    Currency you want to convert to. For example, USD.

  • amount  required

    Amount of currency to convert.

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.

  • old_amount

    The original amount provided in the request.

  • old_currency

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

  • new_currency

    The target currency code (e.g. USD).

  • new_amount

    The converted amount in the target currency.

Related BRL Currency Pairs

PairFromTo
USD/BRLUnited States DollarBrazilian Real

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=BRL&want=USD&amount=1000

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/convertcurrency?have=BRL&want=USD&amount=1000" \ -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.