aid: exchangerate
name: ExchangeRate-API
description: >
  ExchangeRate-API is a currency exchange rate REST API providing real-time and
  historical exchange rates for 165 currencies across 200 countries. Operating
  since 2010, the service delivers reliable currency conversion data via simple
  HTTP GET requests, supporting both URL-embedded and Bearer token authentication.
  It offers a free tier with 1,500 monthly requests and daily updates, plus paid
  plans with hourly or 5-minute update frequencies and higher quotas. The API
  features over 99.99% measured uptime backed by multi-AZ AWS infrastructure and
  Cloudflare CDN, with historical data available back to 1990.
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/exchangerate/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
  - Currency
  - Exchange Rates
  - Finance
  - Forex
  - Financial Data
  - Currency Conversion
apis:
  - aid: exchangerate:exchangerate-api
    name: ExchangeRate-API
    description: >
      REST API providing real-time and historical currency exchange rates for 165
      currencies. Endpoints include latest rates, pair conversion, enriched data
      with localization, historical rates back to 1990, and supported currency
      codes. Authentication via API key in URL or Bearer token header.
    image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
    humanURL: https://www.exchangerate-api.com
    baseURL: https://v6.exchangerate-api.com/v6
    tags:
      - Currency
      - Exchange Rates
      - Finance
      - Forex
      - Currency Conversion
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.exchangerate-api.com/docs/overview
      - type: OpenAccess
        url: https://www.exchangerate-api.com/docs/free
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://www.exchangerate-api.com/docs/authentication
      - type: SupportedCurrencies
        url: https://www.exchangerate-api.com/docs/supported-currencies
      - type: Pricing
        url: https://www.exchangerate-api.com/#pricing
      - type: StatusPage
        url: https://stats.pingdom.com/qv69spvrz94m/8069768
      - type: Plans
        url: plans/exchangerate-plans-pricing.yml
      - type: RateLimits
        url: rate-limits/exchangerate-rate-limits.yml
      - type: FinOps
        url: finops/exchangerate-finops.yml
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/exchangerate-openapi.yml
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/exchangerate-schema.json
      - type: Vocabulary
        url: vocabulary/exchangerate-vocabulary.yml
      - type: JSONLDContext
        url: json-ld/exchangerate-context.jsonld
    contact:
      - FN: ExchangeRate-API Support
        email: support@exchangerate-api.com
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.exchangerate-api.com
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.exchangerate-api.com/docs/overview
  - type: Pricing
    url: https://www.exchangerate-api.com/#pricing
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://stats.pingdom.com/qv69spvrz94m/8069768
  - type: SignUp
    url: https://app.exchangerate-api.com/sign-up
  - type: SignIn
    url: https://app.exchangerate-api.com/sign-in
  - type: UptimePage
    url: https://www.exchangerate-api.com/product/uptime
  - type: Plans
    url: plans/exchangerate-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/exchangerate-rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: finops/exchangerate-finops.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com