Currency Conversion API

South African Rand (ZAR) Currency API

The South African Rand is the currency of Africa's most industrialized economy and a major producer of gold, platinum, and other minerals. Managed by the South African Reserve Bank, the ZAR is the most traded African currency in global forex markets. ZAR exchange rates are influenced by commodity prices, SARB policy decisions, and emerging market risk sentiment.

The South African Rand Currency API allows you to:

  • Convert ZAR (South African Rand) to any of 170+ supported currencies
  • Get real-time ZAR exchange rates
  • Access ZAR conversion rates via simple REST API
  • Premium plan required for ZAR 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, ZAR.

  • 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. ZAR).

  • new_currency

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

  • new_amount

    The converted amount in the target currency.

Related ZAR Currency Pairs

PairFromTo
USD/ZARUnited States DollarSouth African Rand

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=ZAR&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=ZAR&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.