Currency conversion guides
Tutorials for converting currencies and getting exchange rates in Python, JavaScript, PHP and Power BI, with the currencyapi API.
Tutorial · Python
Currency conversion in Python
Convert currencies in Python with live and historical exchange rates from the currencyapi API: requests, caching, Decimal rounding and a pandas example.
Tutorial · Power BI
Exchange rates in Power BI
Load live and historical exchange rates into Power BI with Power Query and the currencyapi API, and convert multi-currency sales to one reporting currency.
Tutorial · PHP
Currency conversion in PHP
Convert currencies in PHP and Laravel with live exchange rates from currencyapi: cURL and Laravel HTTP examples, caching and correct rounding with bcmath.
Tutorial · JavaScript
Currency conversion in JavaScript
Build a currency converter in JavaScript: fetch live exchange rates in Node.js, keep the API key on the server, format with Intl.NumberFormat and cache rates.
Exchange rate API
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currencyapi delivers real-time and historical exchange rates for 170+ currencies, crypto and metals as JSON, updated as often as every 60 seconds.
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GET https://api.currencyapi.com/v3/latest?base_currency=USD¤cies=EUR,GBP,JPY
{
"meta": { "last_updated_at": "2026-09-30T23:59:59Z" },
"data": {
"EUR": { "code": "EUR", "value": 0.8828 },
"GBP": { "code": "GBP", "value": 0.7556 },
"JPY": { "code": "JPY", "value": 157.98 }
}
}