Free Foreign exchange rates and currency conversion.
- List all currency rates.
- Get historical rates for any day since 1999.
- Conversion rate for one currency(ex; USD to INR).
- Convert amount from one currency to other.('USD 10$' to INR)
- Currency symbols
- Currency names
Fixer.io is a free API for current and historical foreign exchange rates published by European Central Bank. The rates are updated daily 3PM CET.
Install using python package
$ pip install forex-python
Or directly cloning the repo:
$ python setup.py install
Initialize class
>>> from forex_python.converter import CurrencyRates
>>> c = CurrencyRates()list all latest currency rates for "USD"
>>> c.get_rates('USD')
{u'IDR': 13625.0, u'BGN': 1.7433, u'ILS': 3.8794, u'GBP': 0.68641, u'DKK': 6.6289, u'CAD': 1.3106, u'JPY': 110.36, u'HUF': 282.36, u'RON': 4.0162, u'MYR': 4.081, u'SEK': 8.3419, u'SGD': 1.3815, u'HKD': 7.7673, u'AUD': 1.3833, u'CHF': 0.99144, u'KRW': 1187.3, u'CNY': 6.5475, u'TRY': 2.9839, u'HRK': 6.6731, u'NZD': 1.4777, u'THB': 35.73, u'EUR': 0.89135, u'NOK': 8.3212, u'RUB': 66.774, u'INR': 67.473, u'MXN': 18.41, u'CZK': 24.089, u'BRL': 3.5473, u'PLN': 3.94, u'PHP': 46.775, u'ZAR': 15.747}Get Conversion rate from USD to INR
>>> c.get_rate('USD', 'INR')
67.473Convert amount from USD to INR:
>>> c.convert('USD', 'INR', 10)
674.73Convert amount from USD to INR based on 2010-03-01 rates
>>> import datetime
>>> date_obj = datetime.datetime.strptime('2010-05-10', "%Y-%m-%d").date()
>>> c.convert('EUR', 'USD', 10, date_obj)
12.969RatesNotAvailableError for invalid currency codes and missing currency code from source:
>>> c.get_rate('XYZ', 'INR')
Traceback (most recent call last):
RatesNotAvailableError: Currency XYZ => INR rate not available for Date latest.Get currency symbol using currency code
>>> from forex_python.converter import CurrencyCodes
>>> c = CurrencyCodes()
>>> print c.get_symbol('GBP')
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