Currency API

The API URL

Variable	Explanation
{from}	Code of currency to convert from - e.g. USD
{to}	Code of currency to convert to - e.g. EUR
{amount}	the amount to be converted - e.g. 10

The Server Response

Property	Type	Explanation
success	Boolean	Whether the request was successful
from	String(3)	The currency (3-letter code) to be converted from
to	String(3)	The currency (3-letter code) to be converted to
amount	Decimal	The amount to be converted
timestamp	timestamp	The exact time the rates used for the conversion were collected
quote	Decimal	The exchange rate used for the conversion

JavaScript (jQuery + JSONP) PHP Python Code Examples

// NOTE: Sample code uses jQuery to handle jsonp
	
    var access_key = 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY';
    var from = 'USD';
    var to = 'EUR';
    var amount = '1';

$.ajax({

	url: 'https://apilayer.net/api/convert?access_key='+access_key+'&from='+from+'&to='+to+'&amount='+amount,
	dataType: "jsonp",
	success: function(response) {

		if (response.success) {

			alert('1 USD is worth ' + parseFloat(response.rate).toFixed(2) + ' EUR');
		}
	}
});
					

$access_key = 'YOUR_ACCESS_KEY';
$from = 'USD';
$to = 'EUR';
$amount = 1;
                    
$url = 'https://apilayer.net/api/convert?access_key='.$access_key.'&from='.$from.'&to='.$to.'&amount='.$amount;

$result = file_get_contents($url);
$result = json_decode($result);

if ($result->success) {

	echo "1 USD is ".$from." $result->rate ".$to;
}
					

import urllib
import json

url = "https://apilayer.net/api/convert?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&from=USD&to=EUR&amount=1"

url = urllib.urlopen(url)

result = url.read()

url.close()

result = json.loads(result)

if result.success:
	print "1 USD is worth %.2f EUR" % (result.result)