Free Currency API Currencies API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Free Currency Currencies API
  description: Free Currency API provides real-time and historical currency exchange rate data for 150+ currencies via a simple REST API. No registration is required for basic usage. The API offers daily-updated current exchange rates, historical rates dating back to 1999, and multi-currency support.
  version: '1'
  contact:
    name: Everapi Support
    email: support@everapi.com
    url: https://freecurrencyapi.com/contact/
  termsOfService: https://freecurrencyapi.com/
servers:
- url: https://api.freecurrencyapi.com/v1
  description: Production server
security:
- ApiKeyQuery: []
- ApiKeyHeader: []
tags:
- name: Currencies
  description: Available currency information
paths:
  /currencies:
    get:
      operationId: getCurrencies
      summary: Get available currencies
      description: Returns a list of all available currencies with their metadata including name, native symbol, decimal digits, and rounding information.
      tags:
      - Currencies
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ApiKeyQuery'
      - name: currencies
        in: query
        required: false
        description: A comma-separated list of currency codes to filter results (e.g., EUR,USD,CAD). Returns all available currencies by default.
        schema:
          type: string
          example: EUR,USD,CAD
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Currency information
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CurrenciesResponse'
              example:
                data:
                  AED:
                    symbol: AED
                    name: United Arab Emirates Dirham
                    symbol_native: د.إ
                    decimal_digits: 2
                    rounding: 0
                    code: AED
                    name_plural: UAE dirhams
                  USD:
                    symbol: USD
                    name: US Dollar
                    symbol_native: $
                    decimal_digits: 2
                    rounding: 0
                    code: USD
                    name_plural: US dollars
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimitExceeded'
components:
  schemas:
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Error response
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error message describing what went wrong
    CurrencyInfo:
      type: object
      description: Detailed information about a currency
      properties:
        symbol:
          type: string
          description: Standard currency code
          example: AED
        name:
          type: string
          description: Full English name of the currency
          example: United Arab Emirates Dirham
        symbol_native:
          type: string
          description: Native language symbol representation
          example: د.إ
        decimal_digits:
          type: integer
          description: Number of decimal digits used by this currency
          example: 2
        rounding:
          type: number
          description: Rounding configuration for the currency
          example: 0
        code:
          type: string
          description: Currency code identifier
          example: AED
        name_plural:
          type: string
          description: Plural form of the currency name
          example: UAE dirhams
    CurrenciesResponse:
      type: object
      description: Available currencies response
      properties:
        data:
          type: object
          description: Map of currency codes to currency information
          additionalProperties:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CurrencyInfo'
  parameters:
    ApiKeyQuery:
      name: apikey
      in: query
      required: false
      description: Your API key for authentication.
      schema:
        type: string
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized - invalid or missing API key
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    RateLimitExceeded:
      description: Rate limit or monthly quota exceeded. Check response headers for limit details.
      headers:
        X-RateLimit-Limit-Quota-Minute:
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: Per-minute request limit
        X-RateLimit-Limit-Quota-Month:
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: Monthly request limit
        X-RateLimit-Remaining-Quota-Minute:
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: Remaining per-minute requests
        X-RateLimit-Remaining-Quota-Month:
          schema:
            type: integer
          description: Remaining monthly requests
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyQuery:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: apikey
      description: 'API key passed as a query parameter. Note: this may expose your API key in access logs. Using the header method is recommended.'
    ApiKeyHeader:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: apikey
      description: API key passed as an HTTP header (recommended method).