Live exchange rates
The live
endpoint returns the most recent exchange rates for a given set of currencies. The base currency is the currency you’re converting from, while the target currency or currencies are what you’re converting to.
Getting started
Base URL
https://exchange-rates.abstractapi.com/v1/live
Validation endpoint
If no target currency or currencies are specified, then all available currencies are returned. You can see a full list of supported currencies here.
https://exchange-rates.abstractapi.com/v1/live
? api_key = YOUR_UNIQUE_API_KEY
& base = USD
This was a successful request, and because no target currency or currencies were included, the exchange rate of all available currencies were included in the response.
Request parameters
Your unique API key. Note that each user has unique API keys for each of Abstract’s APIs, so your Exchange Rates API key will not work for your IP Geolocation API, for example.
The base currency used to get the latest exchange rate(s) for. Uses the ISO 4217 currency standard (e.g., USD for United States Dollars), like all currency parameters in this API.
The target currency or currencies to get the exchange rate of versus the base currency. Like the base parameters, any currency passed here follows the ISO 4217 standard. If multiple currencies are passed in the target, they should be separated by commas (e.g., &target=EUR,CAD,AUD).
Response parameters
The API response is returned in a universal and lightweight JSON format.
The base currency used to get the exchange rates.
The Unix timestamp of when the returned data was last updated.
A JSON Object containing each of the target currency as the key and its exchange rate versus the base currency as that key’s value.