Fixer

Fixer Rates API

Real-time and historical foreign exchange rate operations.

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Operations 2

GET /latest Get Latest Exchange Rates #

GET /{date} Get Historical Exchange Rates #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Fixer Rates API
  description: 'Fixer is a lightweight JSON API for real-time and historical foreign exchange

    rates and currency conversion.'
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Fixer Support
    url: https://fixer.io/contact
  license:
    name: Commercial
    url: https://fixer.io/terms
  termsOfService: https://fixer.io/terms
  x-provider: fixer
  x-parent: apilayer
servers:
- url: https://api.apilayer.com/fixer
  description: APILayer-hosted production endpoint (current)
- url: http://data.fixer.io/api
  description: Legacy data.fixer.io endpoint (HTTP, free tier)
- url: https://data.fixer.io/api
  description: Legacy data.fixer.io endpoint (HTTPS, paid tiers)
security:
- ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Rates
  description: Real-time and historical foreign exchange rate operations.
paths:
  /latest:
    get:
      operationId: getLatest
      summary: Get Latest Exchange Rates
      description: 'Returns the most recent exchange rate data. Rates update hourly on the Free and

        Basic tiers, every 10 minutes on Professional, and every 60 seconds on

        Professional Plus and Enterprise.'
      tags:
      - Rates
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Base'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Symbols'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Latest rates anchored to the requested base currency.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RatesResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
  /{date}:
    get:
      operationId: getHistorical
      summary: Get Historical Exchange Rates
      description: 'Returns end-of-day historical exchange rates for any date since 1999. Historical

        data is available on all plans, including Free.'
      tags:
      - Rates
      parameters:
      - name: date
        in: path
        required: true
        description: ISO-8601 date in `YYYY-MM-DD` format (any working day since 1999-01-04).
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
          example: '2013-12-24'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Base'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Symbols'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Historical end-of-day rates for the requested date.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RatesResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
components:
  schemas:
    RatesResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - success
      - timestamp
      - base
      - date
      - rates
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          example: true
        timestamp:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          example: 1519296206
        base:
          type: string
          example: EUR
        date:
          type: string
          format: date
          example: '2018-02-22'
        historical:
          type: boolean
          example: false
        rates:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: number
          example:
            USD: 1.23396
            AUD: 1.566015
            CAD: 1.560132
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
      - success
      - error
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          example: false
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: integer
              example: 104
            type:
              type: string
              example: monthly_limit_reached
            info:
              type: string
              example: Your monthly API request volume has been reached. Please upgrade your plan.
  parameters:
    Base:
      name: base
      in: query
      required: false
      description: 'Three-letter ISO 4217 base currency code. Defaults to EUR on the Free plan;

        any base currency may be selected on Basic plan and above.

        '
      schema:
        type: string
        example: USD
    Symbols:
      name: symbols
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Comma-separated list of ISO 4217 currency codes to limit the result set.
      schema:
        type: string
        example: USD,AUD,CAD,PLN,MXN
  responses:
    Forbidden:
      description: The requested feature is not included in the current subscription plan.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    Unauthorized:
      description: Missing or invalid `apikey` header.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    RateLimited:
      description: Monthly request quota exhausted or per-minute rate limit hit.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: apikey
      description: APILayer API key provisioned at https://apilayer.com/marketplace/fixer-api.

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