Open Exchange Rates Currencies API

List of supported currency symbols and names.

Operations 1

GET /currencies.json Get available currencies #

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OpenAPI Specification

openexchangerates-currencies-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Open Exchange Rates Currencies 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.
  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: Currencies
  description: Available currency list
paths:
  /currencies.json:
    get:
      operationId: getCurrencies
      summary: Get available currencies
      description: Returns a JSON object of all available currency symbols with their full names. Useful for populating dropdowns or validating currency codes. This endpoint does not require an app_id.
      tags:
      - Currencies
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/prettyprint'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/show_alternative'
      - name: show_inactive
        in: query
        required: false
        description: 'Include historical/inactive currencies that are no longer updated (defaults to false)

          '
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with available currencies
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CurrenciesResponse'
              example:
                USD: United States Dollar
                EUR: Euro
                GBP: British Pound Sterling
                JPY: Japanese Yen
                CAD: Canadian Dollar
components:
  parameters:
    show_alternative:
      name: show_alternative
      in: query
      required: false
      description: 'Set to true to extend returned values with alternative, black market and digital currency rates. Defaults to false.

        '
      schema:
        type: boolean
        default: false
    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.

        '
      schema:
        type: boolean
        default: false
  schemas:
    CurrenciesResponse:
      type: object
      description: 'Object mapping 3-letter ISO currency codes to their full names

        '
      additionalProperties:
        type: string
      example:
        USD: United States Dollar
        EUR: Euro
        GBP: British Pound Sterling
  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.

        '