Observed reference data only. UTC dates; the current day is incomplete. Highs and lows refer to sampled observations, not every market trade. Historical metal futures prices are not used as spot quotes.

Free currency API

Live and historical exchange rates as clean JSON — no key, no sign-up, CORS enabled. Use it in a script, a site or an app. Attribution keeps it free.

Endpoints

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Code examples

cURL

curl "https://currency-converter.live/api/v1/convert?from=USD&to=EUR&amount=100"

JavaScript (fetch)

const r = await fetch('https://currency-converter.live/api/v1/rates?base=USD');
const { data } = await r.json();
console.log(data.rates.EUR);

PHP

$j = json_decode(file_get_contents(
  'https://currency-converter.live/api/v1/convert?from=GBP&to=PLN&amount=50'
), true);
echo $j['data']['result'];

Python

import requests
d = requests.get('https://currency-converter.live/api/v1/timeseries',
    params={'from':'EUR','to':'USD','days':30}).json()
print(d['data']['rates'])

Response format

{
  "success": true,
  "data": { "from": "USD", "to": "EUR", "amount": 100,
            "rate": 0.857, "result": 85.7, "quote": { "as_of": "...", "status": "delayed" }, "generated_at": "..." },
  "error": null,
  "source": "currency-converter.live"
}