CurrencyBeacon · Example Payload

Currencies Example

CurrencyExchange RatesForexCryptocurrencyFinancial DataHistorical RatesCurrency Conversion

Currencies Example is an example object payload from CurrencyBeacon, with 2 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

metacurrencies

Example Payload

{
  "meta": {
    "code": 200,
    "disclaimer": "Usage subject to terms. See https://currencybeacon.com/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": "GBP",
      "name": "British Pound Sterling",
      "symbol": "£",
      "precision": 2,
      "subunit": 100,
      "subunit_to_unit": 100,
      "isCrypto": false
    },
    {
      "short_code": "JPY",
      "name": "Japanese Yen",
      "symbol": "¥",
      "precision": 0,
      "subunit": 1,
      "subunit_to_unit": 1,
      "isCrypto": false
    },
    {
      "short_code": "BTC",
      "name": "Bitcoin",
      "symbol": "₿",
      "precision": 8,
      "subunit": 100000000,
      "subunit_to_unit": 100000000,
      "isCrypto": true
    },
    {
      "short_code": "ETH",
      "name": "Ethereum",
      "symbol": "Ξ",
      "precision": 8,
      "subunit": 100000000,
      "subunit_to_unit": 100000000,
      "isCrypto": true
    }
  ]
}

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