Precious metals rates and currency conversion JSON API



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GET https://metals-api.com/api/latest

{
  "base": USD, 
  "date": "2024-11-16",
  "rates": {
      "Silver(USDXAG)": 30.2500 
      "Gold(USDXAU)": 2563.3365 
      "Palladium(USDXPD)": 955.0000 
      "Platinum(USDXPT)": 936.8691 
      "Rhodium(USDXRH)": 4650.0000 
      "Ruthenium(USDRUTH)": 483.0000 
      "Copper(USDXCU)": 0.2540 
      "Aluminum(USDALU)": 0.0826 
      "Nickel(USDNI)": 0.4817 
      "Zinc(USDZNC)": 0.0935 
      "Tin(USDTIN)": 0.8912 
      "Iridium(USDIRD)": 4600.0000 
      "Lead(USDLEAD)": 0.0602 
      "Iron Ore(USDIRON)": 0.0032 
      "LBMA Gold Am(USDLBXAUAM)": 2566.7000 
      "LBMA Gold Pm(USDLBXAUPM)": 2571.8000 
      "LBMA Silver(USDLBXAG)": 30.6600 
      "LBMA Platinum Am(USDLBXPTAM)": 948.0000 
      "LBMA Platinum Pm(USDLBXPTPM)": 944.0000 
      "LBMA Palladium Am(USDLBXPDAM)": 964.0000 
      "LBMA Palladium Pm(USDLBXPDPM)": 951.0000 
      "LME Aluminium(USDLME-ALU)": 0.0779 
      "LME Copper(USDLME-XCU)": 0.2727 
      "LME Zinc(USDLME-ZNC)": 0.0903 
      "LME Nickel(USDLME-NI)": 0.4770 
      "LME Lead(USDLME-LEAD)": 0.0602 
      "LME Tin(USDLME-TIN)": 0.9028 
      "Uranium(USDURANIUM)": 82.6000 
      "LME Steel Scrap CFR Turkey(USDSTEEL-SC)": 0.0113 
      "LME Steel Rebar FOB Turkey(USDSTEEL-RE)": 0.0183 
      "LME Steel HRC FOB China(USDSTEEL-HR)": 0.0152 
      "Bronze(USDBRONZE)": 0.1577 
      "Magnesium(USDMG)": 0.0846 
      "Osmium(USDOSMIUM)": 50276.6658 
      "Rhenium(USDRHENIUM)": 76.5467 
      "Tungsten(USDTUNGSTEN)": 0.0105 
      "Lithium(USDLITHIUM)": 0.2634 
      "Ahmedabad Gold(USDXAU-AHME)": 2545.4172 
      "Bangalore Gold(USDXAU-BANG)": 2545.4172 
      "Chennai Gold(USDXAU-CHEN)": 2548.7749 
      "Coimbatore Gold(USDXAU-COIM)": 2543.7384 
      "Delhi Gold(USDXAU-DELH)": 2548.7749 
      "Hyderabad Gold(USDXAU-HYDE)": 2543.7384 
      "Kochi Gold(USDXAU-KOCH)": 2543.7384 
      "Kolkata Gold(USDXAU-KOLK)": 2543.7384 
      "Mumbai Gold(USDXAU-MUMB)": 2543.7384 
      "Surat Gold(USDXAU-SURA)": 2545.4172 
      "Antimony(USDANTIMONY)": 0.5527 
      "Bitumen(USDBITUMEN)": 0.0142 
      "Gallium(USDGALLIUM)": 9.8974 
      "Manganese(USDMN)": 0.0001 
      "Neodymium(USDND)": 2.0677 
      "Tellurium(USDTE)": 2.7438 
      "Titanium(USDTITANIUM)": 43.5000 
      "Indium(USDINDIUM)": 10.4070 
      "Molybdenum(USDMO)": 2.0428 
      "Cobalt(USDLCO)": 0.7558 
      "Ahmedabad Silver(USDXAG-AHME)": 33.2405 
      "Bangalore Silver(USDXAG-BANG)": 33.2405 
      "Chennai Silver(USDXAG-CHEN)": 33.2405 
      "Coimbatore Silver(USDXAG-COIM)": 33.2405 
      "Delhi Silver(USDXAG-DELH)": 33.2405 
      "Hyderabad Silver(USDXAG-HYDE)": 33.2405 
      "Kochi Silver(USDXAG-KOCH)": 33.2405 
      "Kolkata Silver(USDXAG-KOLK)": 33.2405 
      "Mumbai Silver(USDXAG-MUMB)": 33.2405 
      "Surat Silver(USDXAG-SURA)": 33.2405 
      "iShares Gold Trust(USDIAU)": 48.3900 
    [170+ world Currencies, Metals and Cryptocurrencies]
  }, 
  "unit":"per ounce"
}
...

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What is Metals-API?

Metals-API started out as a simple, lightweight Open-Source API for current and historical precious metals rates published by the banks. The Metals-API API is capable of delivering real-time precious metals data via API at an accuracy of 2 decimal points and a frequency as high as every 60 seconds. Capabilities include delivering exchange rates for Precious Metals, converting single currencies, returning Time-Series data, fluctuation data and lowest and highest price of any day.

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Yes, we use LME as one of our data sources.

We offer a Carat Endpoint, all the values on this endpoint are per Carat (ct) unit. For other endpoints, please check the Supported Metals & Currencies where the unit for each metal is detailed. In order to get the price per gram, please have a look at the following example:
1 carat = 0.2 grams
Carat 24K: 12.907 per carat 12.907/0.2 = 64.535 g

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Metals-API provides Gold (XAU) and Silver (XAG) rates for many cities in India. Please have a look at the Supported Metals & Currencies where you can find which cities are available.

We don’t offer fluctuation data for the same day. For the same day, you need to query us at 00:00 each day and save it on your site, then make one request each time the user visits the website. Fluctuation endpoint is available per date.

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All the metals rates you get using USD as a base currency need to be divided by 1. This means 1/value.
We return the values based on the base currency.
For example, for 1 USD the return is a number like 0.00049817281835633 for Gold (XAU).
To get the gold rate per ounce in USD: 1/0.00049817281835633 = 2007.33 USD.

It starts on the day that you subscribe to one of our paid plans.

1 - Register
2 - Look for the symbols that match your search
3 - Make an API call with them, placing your selected metals in symbol, and your preferred currency in base currency.

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If you’re doing a call with a time-series endpoint, you can’t use today’s date as the end date. The date is updated on the time zone 0 UTC

Data & Features

Exchange rate data delivered by the Metals-API API is collected from over 15 reliable data sources, every minute. Sources include banks and financial data providers.

Metals API provides various London Metal Exchange (LME) prices. We offer the Settlement Price, which is closer to the offer price. For example, the symbol for copper is LME-XCU. Additionally, we provide 3 Month prices, indicated by symbols like XCU3M. Please note that this is just one example of the many LME symbols we support.

Metals API returns LME prices per troy ounce. To convert the price to per ton, you need to multiply the value by 32,150. Here’s an example request and conversion:
Example request:

{ "success": true, "timestamp": 1721936340, "date": "2024-07-25", "base": "USD", "rates": { "LME-XCU": 3.6055511943479, "USD": 1, "USDLME-XCU": 0.2773501043523139 } }

Conversion: 0.2773501043523139 * 32,150 = 8,916.80585493
This means the price per ton would be approximately 8,916.81 USD.

Currency and Metals conversion are supported using the same API endpoints and can be used to convert any amount from one currency to another, or from one metal to any metal and any currency to any metal.

The Metals-API API delivers EOD / End of Day historical exchange rates, which become available at 00:05am GMT for the previous day and are time stamped at one second before midnight.

All exchange rate data delivered by Metals-API is midpoint data. Midpoint rates are determined by calculating the average median rate of Bid and Ask at a certain time.

The Metals-API API is capable of delivering accurate exchange rate data for Precious Metals, in 170 world currencies, including Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies.

All the metals rates you get using USD as a base currency need to be divided by 1. This means 1/value.
We return the values based on the base currency.
For example, for 1 USD the return is a number like 0.00049817281835633 for Gold (XAU).
To get the gold rate per ounce in USD: 1/0.00049817281835633 = 2007.33 USD.

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You can display the latest Metals (Gold, Silver, Platinum, etc) rates in the desired currencies (USD, GBP, CAD, etc) on your website using this WordPress plugin. The plugin includes comprehensive controls to display desired date metal rates as well as the latest, with the help of short codes with custom WP Editor.
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