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Real-time and historical currency exchange rate API supporting 160+ currencies. Rates sourced from Reuters/Refinitiv and interbank feeds, updated every 60 seconds.

Getting Started

Sign up for a free API key at exchange-rateapi.com/register
No credit card required
Add your API key to the api_key collection variable

Authentication

Authenticated endpoints require a Bearer token in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY\n

The public rate endpoint (/api/rate) does not require authentication.

Base URL

https://exchange-rateapi.com\n

Rate Limits

Free plan: 1,000 requests/month
Paid plans available for higher limits

Support

Documentation: exchange-rateapi.com/docs
Website: exchange-rateapi.com

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Get a single live mid-market exchange rate between two currencies. No authentication required.

Example Response

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Source currency code (ISO 4217). Example: USD, EUR, GBP

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Target currency code (ISO 4217). Example: EUR, GBP, JPY

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Endpoints that do not require authentication.

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Get the live mid-market exchange rate for one or more currency pairs. Supports multiple target currencies (comma-separated).

Single Target

GET /api/v1/rates?source=USD&target=EUR\n

Multiple Targets

GET /api/v1/rates?source=USD&target=EUR,GBP,JPY\n

Example Response

[\n  {\n    \"rate\": 0.9234,\n    \"source\": \"USD\",\n    \"target\": \"EUR\",\n    \"time\": \"2026-05-24T12:00:00Z\"\n  }\n]\n

Source currency code (ISO 4217). Example: USD, EUR, GBP

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Target currency code (ISO 4217). Comma-separated for multiple targets. Example: EUR,GBP,JPY

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Get live mid-market exchange rates for multiple currency pairs in a single request.

Example Response

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Source currency code

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Comma-separated list of target currency codes

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Get historical exchange rates for a specific date range. Supports grouping by day, week, or month.

Parameters

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Parameter	Required	Description
source	Yes	Source currency code
target	Yes	Target currency code
from	Yes	Start date (ISO 8601)
to	Yes	End date (ISO 8601)
group	No	Grouping: `day`, `week`, or `month`

Example Response

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Source currency code (ISO 4217)

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Target currency code (ISO 4217)

\n","type":"text/plain"},"key":"target","value":"EUR"},{"description":{"content":"

Start date in ISO 8601 format

\n","type":"text/plain"},"key":"from","value":"2024-01-01T00:00:00+00:00"},{"description":{"content":"

End date in ISO 8601 format

\n","type":"text/plain"},"key":"to","value":"2024-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"},{"description":{"content":"

Grouping interval: day, week, or month

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Get monthly historical exchange rates for a full year. Useful for annual reports and trend analysis.

Source currency code

\n","type":"text/plain"},"key":"source","value":"GBP"},{"description":{"content":"

Target currency code

\n","type":"text/plain"},"key":"target","value":"USD"},{"description":{"content":"

Start date (full year)

\n","type":"text/plain"},"key":"from","value":"2024-01-01T00:00:00+00:00"},{"description":{"content":"

End date (full year)

\n","type":"text/plain"},"key":"to","value":"2024-12-31T23:59:59+00:00"},{"description":{"content":"

Group by month for yearly overview

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Endpoints that require a valid API key via Bearer token authentication.

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List all 160+ supported currency codes, names, and symbols.

Example Response

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Reference endpoints for currency metadata.

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