Get Historical Exchange Rates

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∟Get Historical Exchange Rates

This section provides a tutorial example on how to use the Historical Exchange Rate operation provided by exchangeratesapi.io.

The operation of getting the historical exchange rates can be described as:

Operation: Historical Exchange Rate
Method: GET
End Point: https://api.exchangeratesapi.io
Resource Path: /{date}
Template Parameter: date - The date on the exchange rate was traded in yyyy-mm-dd format.
Query Parameter: base - The currency symbol you want to convert from.
Query Parameter: symbols - List of currency symbols you want to convert to.
Content-Type: application/json

The simplest way to use this Web service is run a Web browser and enter the URL combining the end point and the resource path with given parameter values. For example:

https://api.exchangeratesapi.io/2008-03-26?symbols=USD,GBP

The browser will display the response on the screen:

{"base":"EUR","date":"2008-03-26","rates":{"GBP":0.7881,"USD":1.571}}

Or try to get the exchange rate from USD to JPY on 2008-03-26:

https://api.exchangeratesapi.io/2008-03-26?base=USD&symbols=JPY

The browser will display the response on the screen:

{"base":"USD","date":"2008-03-26","rates":{"JPY":99.2297899427}}

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