CurrencyBeacon currencies API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: CurrencyBeacon conversion currencies API
  description: REST API for real-time and historical currency exchange rates covering 170+ fiat currencies and cryptocurrencies. Sourced from central banks and trusted financial institutions with 30 years of historical data, server-side conversion, timeseries analysis, and 99.99% uptime.
  version: '1'
  termsOfService: https://currencybeacon.com/terms
  contact:
    name: CurrencyBeacon Support
    email: info@currencybeacon.com
    url: https://currencybeacon.com
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://currencybeacon.com/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.currencybeacon.com/v1
  description: Production API
security:
- ApiKeyQuery: []
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: currencies
  description: Supported currencies information
paths:
  /currencies:
    get:
      operationId: getSupportedCurrencies
      summary: List supported currencies
      description: Returns a list of all currencies supported by the CurrencyBeacon API, including fiat currencies and cryptocurrencies, with their names, symbols, and ISO codes.
      tags:
      - currencies
      security:
      - ApiKeyQuery: []
      - BearerAuth: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with list of supported currencies
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CurrenciesResponse'
              example:
                meta:
                  code: 200
                  disclaimer: Usage subject to terms
                currencies:
                - short_code: USD
                  name: United States Dollar
                  symbol: $
                  precision: 2
                  subunit: 100
                  subunit_to_unit: 100
                  isCrypto: false
                - short_code: EUR
                  name: Euro
                  symbol: €
                  precision: 2
                  subunit: 100
                  subunit_to_unit: 100
                  isCrypto: false
                - short_code: BTC
                  name: Bitcoin
                  symbol: ₿
                  precision: 8
                  subunit: 100000000
                  subunit_to_unit: 100000000
                  isCrypto: true
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
        5XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ServerError'
components:
  schemas:
    CurrencyInfo:
      type: object
      description: Information about a single supported currency
      properties:
        short_code:
          type: string
          description: ISO 4217 currency code or crypto ticker
          example: USD
        name:
          type: string
          description: Full name of the currency
          example: United States Dollar
        symbol:
          type: string
          description: Currency symbol
          example: $
        precision:
          type: integer
          description: Number of decimal places
          example: 2
        subunit:
          type: integer
          description: Number of subunits in one unit
          example: 100
        subunit_to_unit:
          type: integer
          description: Subunit to unit conversion factor
          example: 100
        isCrypto:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the currency is a cryptocurrency
          example: false
    CurrenciesResponse:
      type: object
      description: Response for supported currencies list
      properties:
        meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Meta'
        currencies:
          type: array
          description: List of supported currencies
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CurrencyInfo'
    Meta:
      type: object
      description: Response metadata
      properties:
        code:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP status code
          example: 200
        disclaimer:
          type: string
          description: Usage disclaimer text
          example: Usage subject to terms
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Standard error response
      properties:
        meta:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: integer
              description: HTTP error code
            message:
              type: string
              description: Human-readable error message
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid API key
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            meta:
              code: 401
              message: Invalid or missing API key
    TooManyRequests:
      description: Rate limit exceeded
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            meta:
              code: 429
              message: Rate limit exceeded
    ServerError:
      description: Internal server error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          example:
            meta:
              code: 500
              message: Internal server error
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: api_key
      description: API key passed as a query parameter.
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: API key passed as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.
externalDocs:
  description: CurrencyBeacon API Documentation
  url: https://currencybeacon.com/api-documentation