MetalpriceAPI

About MetalpriceAPI

MetalpriceAPI is a JSON-based REST API providing real-time and historical pricing data for precious metals and foreign exchange rates. It covers 20+ metals, including gold, silver, palladium, platinum, copper, and zinc, alongside rates for 150+ world currencies. Features include live rates, historical rates, gold carat rates, timeframe analysis, currency conversion, and rate comparison over custom time periods.

The API is aimed at businesses that depend on metals and currency pricing, including jewelry and bullion retailers, agencies delivering white-label data solutions to clients, manufacturers tracking raw material costs for quoting and planning, and media publishers embedding price tickers and widgets. SDKs and integration guides are available for WordPress, spreadsheets, Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, Node.js, Go, and .NET.

A free tier is available with no credit card required, and paid plans are offered for businesses of varying sizes. The service reports over 12,000 customers across 60+ countries, sources data from commercial providers and banks, and applies an algorithm to identify and correct inaccuracies in the data. Email support is provided to customers.

Key features

• Real-time and historical precious metals rates (20+ metals)
• Foreign exchange conversion across 150+ world currencies
• Live and historical gold carat rates
• Timeframe and rate comparison endpoints for analyzing price ranges
• SDKs and integrations for WordPress, Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, Node.js, Go, .NET, and spreadsheets

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