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Gurvinder Singh
Gurvinder Singh

Reputation: 13

Is there any currency conversion api that responds with realtime data conversion?

i am trying to find a way to get the currency conversion rates on realtime basis , i found http://www.google.com/ig/calculator?hl=en&q=1GBP=?USD was not working .could you please suggest any alternate way of doing this,thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 536

Answers (4)

Karim Bassem
Karim Bassem

Reputation: 1

If you’re looking for a free and straightforward API for currency conversion, you can try Imhotep Exchange Rate API. It’s completely free and offers cached exchange rates updated every 3 hours, ensuring you get reliable data without exceeding limits. Example Usage:

To fetch the latest rates, make a GET request to:

https://imhotepexchangeratesapi.pythonanywhere.com/latest_rates/YOUR_API_KEY/USD

Example Response:

{ "meta": { "base_currency": "USD", "last_updated_at": "2025-01-10T00:00:00Z" }, "data": { "EUR": 0.85, "GBP": 0.74, "JPY": 110.25 } }

It’s free, easy to use, and works well for most mobile and web development use cases. You can learn more and sign up here: Imhotep Exchange Rate API.

Upvotes: 0

Rameez
Rameez

Reputation: 467

I'll recommend CurrencyFreanks.com. It provides real-time currency conversion, current and historical forex exchange rate, currency fluctuation, and IP to currency data through REST API in JSON and XML formats compatible. It has the following features:

  • Reliable data as they source their data from various trusted Forex exchanges and Banks.
  • You can get updates every 60 sec.
  • You can change the ‘Base’ currency.
  • It provides currency exchange rates for 179 currencies worldwide including currencies, metals, and cryptocurrencies.
  • Supported codes for the endpoints are Shell, Node.js, Java, Python, PHP, Ruby, JS, C#, Go, C, Swift.
  • Having free and economical paid plans.

Here is the currency conversion endpoint:

$ curl 'https://api.currencyfreaks.com/latest/convert?apikey=YOUR_APIKEY&from=USD&to=EUR&amount=500'

The JSON response will be:

{
    "date": "2020-12-08 06:20:00+00",
    "current_rates": {
        "USD": "1.0",
        "EUR": "0.8251"
    },
    "converted_amount": "412.5415",
    "query": {
        "given_amount": "500.0",
        "from": "USD",
        "to": "EUR"
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Rishabh Maurya
Rishabh Maurya

Reputation: 1523

Try using fixer api . It has option for finding the exchange rates on previous dates also . http://fixer.io/

Upvotes: 0

alpheus
alpheus

Reputation: 240

You can try this, but since the result is in xml you have to convert it to a POJO

http://www.webservicex.net/CurrencyConvertor.asmx/ConversionRate?FromCurrency=USD&ToCurrency=GBP

Upvotes: 0

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