forexrateapi is the official Python API wrapper for ForexRateAPI.com. This allows you to quickly integrate our foreign exchange rate API and currency conversion API into your application. Check https://forexrateapi.com documentation for more information.

Install the latest release with:

pip install forexrateapi

from forexrateapi.client import Client

api_key = 'SET_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
client = Client(api_key)

client.fetchSymbols()

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• base <string> Optional. Pass in a base currency, defaults to USD.
• currencies <List<string>> Optional. Pass in an list of currencies to return values for.

client.fetchLive(base='USD', currencies=['AUD', 'CAD', 'GBP', 'JPY'])

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• date <string> Required. Pass in a string with format YYYY-MM-DD
• base <string> Optional. Pass in a base currency, defaults to USD.
• currencies <List<string>> Optional. Pass in an list of currencies to return values for.

client.fetchHistorical(date='2024-02-05', base='USD', currencies=['AUD', 'CAD', 'GBP', 'JPY'])

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• from_currency <string> Optional. Pass in a base currency, defaults to USD.
• to_currency <string> Required. Specify currency you would like to convert to.
• amount <number> Required. The amount to convert.
• date <string> Optional. Specify date to use historical midpoint value for conversion with format YYYY-MM-DD. Otherwise, it will use live exchange rate date if value not passed in.

client.convert(from_currency='USD', to_currency='EUR', amount=100, date='2024-02-05')

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• start_date <string> Required. Specify the start date of your timeframe using the format YYYY-MM-DD.
• end_date <string> Required. Specify the end date of your timeframe using the format YYYY-MM-DD.
• base <string> Optional. Pass in a base currency, defaults to USD.
• currencies <List<string>> Optional. Pass in an list of currencies to return values for.

client.timeframe(start_date='2024-02-05', end_date='2024-02-06', base='USD', currencies=['AUD', 'CAD', 'GBP', 'JPY'])

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• start_date <string> Required. Specify the start date of your timeframe using the format YYYY-MM-DD.
• end_date <string> Required. Specify the end date of your timeframe using the format YYYY-MM-DD.
• base <string> Optional. Pass in a base currency, defaults to USD.
• currencies <List<string>> Optional. Pass in an list of currencies to return values for.

client.change(start_date='2024-02-05', end_date='2024-02-06', base='USD', currencies=['AUD', 'CAD', 'GBP', 'JPY'])

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Official documentation

• How do I get an API Key?

  Free API Keys are available here.

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