ExchangeRate-API Historical Rates API
Historical exchange rates for a specific date back to 1990 (Pro / Business / Volume plans only).
ExchangeRate-API Historical Rates API is one of 7 APIs that ExchangeRate-API publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 14 JSON Schema definitions.
Tagged areas include Historical Rates. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 14 JSON Schemas.
This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 6.0.0.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://v6.exchangerate-api.com/v6, https://open.er-api.com/v6.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
ExchangeRate-API Historical Rates API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the path as api_key (apiKeyPath).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
apiKeyPath— ExchangeRate-API uses an API key embedded in the URL path (after /v6/).
Paths & Operations 2
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Historical exchange rates for a specific date back to 1990 (Pro / Business / Volume plans only).
Schemas 3
The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are HistoricalAmountsResponse (9 properties), HistoricalRatesResponse (8 properties), ErrorResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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