Open Exchange Rates Usage API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Open Exchange Rates Convert Usage API
  description: 'RESTful JSON API delivering live and historical foreign exchange rates for 200+ world and digital currencies. Supports latest rates, historical end-of-day rates, time-series queries, currency conversion, and OHLC data depending on subscription plan. Trusted by over 100,000 organizations globally since 2011, with historical coverage back to January 1, 1999.

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  version: '0.7'
  termsOfService: https://openexchangerates.org/terms
  contact:
    name: Open Exchange Rates Support
    url: https://support.openexchangerates.org
    email: support@openexchangerates.org
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://openexchangerates.org/terms
servers:
- url: https://openexchangerates.org/api
  description: Production API server
security:
- appId: []
tags:
- name: Usage
  description: Plan and usage statistics
paths:
  /usage.json:
    get:
      operationId: getUsage
      summary: Get API usage statistics
      description: 'Returns plan information and usage statistics for the provided App ID, including request counts, plan limits, and subscription details.

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      tags:
      - Usage
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/app_id'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/prettyprint'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with usage and plan details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UsageResponse'
              example:
                status: active
                data:
                  app_id: your_app_id
                  status: active
                  plan:
                    name: Developer
                    quota: 1000 requests / month
                    update_frequency: 3600s
                    features:
                      base: false
                      symbols: false
                      experimental: false
                      time-series: false
                      convert: false
                  usage:
                    requests: 123
                    requests_quota: 1000
                    requests_remaining: 877
                    days_elapsed: 5
                    days_remaining: 26
                    daily_average: 24
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    UsageResponse:
      type: object
      description: API usage and plan response
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          description: Request status
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UsageData'
    UsageData:
      type: object
      description: Combined plan and usage data
      properties:
        app_id:
          type: string
          description: The App ID these statistics relate to
        status:
          type: string
          description: Account status (e.g., active, suspended)
        plan:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Plan'
        usage:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UsageStats'
    Plan:
      type: object
      description: Subscription plan details
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Plan name (e.g., Developer, Enterprise, Unlimited)
        quota:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable request quota description
        update_frequency:
          type: string
          description: Rate update frequency in seconds (e.g., "3600s")
        features:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlanFeatures'
    UsageStats:
      type: object
      description: Usage statistics for the current billing period
      properties:
        requests:
          type: integer
          description: Number of API requests made in the current period
        requests_quota:
          type: integer
          description: Total request quota for the billing period
        requests_remaining:
          type: integer
          description: Remaining requests in the current period
        days_elapsed:
          type: integer
          description: Number of days elapsed in the current billing period
        days_remaining:
          type: integer
          description: Number of days remaining in the current billing period
        daily_average:
          type: number
          description: Average daily request count so far this period
    PlanFeatures:
      type: object
      description: Features enabled for the subscription plan
      properties:
        base:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether non-USD base currencies are supported
        symbols:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether currency filtering (symbols) is supported
        experimental:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether experimental features are enabled
        time-series:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether time-series endpoint is available
        convert:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the convert endpoint is available
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      description: Standard error response
      properties:
        error:
          type: boolean
          description: Always true for error responses
          example: true
        status:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP status code
          example: 401
        message:
          type: string
          description: Short error identifier
          example: invalid_app_id
        description:
          type: string
          description: Detailed human-readable error explanation
          example: Invalid App ID provided. Please sign up at https://openexchangerates.org/signup, or contact support@openexchangerates.org.
  parameters:
    app_id:
      name: app_id
      in: query
      required: true
      description: Your unique App ID for authentication
      schema:
        type: string
        example: your_app_id_here
    prettyprint:
      name: prettyprint
      in: query
      required: false
      description: 'Set to true to enable human-readable (pretty-printed) JSON output for debugging. Defaults to false to minimize response size.

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      schema:
        type: boolean
        default: false
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized — missing or invalid App ID
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    appId:
      type: apiKey
      in: query
      name: app_id
      description: 'Your unique App ID obtained from openexchangerates.org. Required for all endpoints except /currencies.json.

        '