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Visa Foreign Exchange Rates API API

The Foreign Exchange Rates API provides an easy access to the Visas currency conversion rate for a given currency pair.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Visa Foreign Exchange Rates API API is one of 84 APIs that Visa publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Foreign Exchange Rates API. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, and API documentation.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 23 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://sandbox.api.visa.com.

2 operations 2 paths 23 schemas 2 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.1
API Version
1
Server
https://sandbox.api.visa.com
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Foreign Exchange Rates API 2

The Foreign Exchange Rates API provides an easy access to the Visas currency conversion rate for a given currency pair.

POST
/forexrates/v2/foreignexchangerates
Foreign Exchange Rates
ForeignExchangeRates body → 200400403500
POST
/forexrates/v1/foreignexchangerates
Foreign Exchange Rates
ForeignExchangeRates body → 200

Schemas 23

The contract defines 23 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ForeignExchangeRatesRequest (9 properties), FXRequest_using_rateProductCode_A_or_B.Request_Source_to_Destination (6 properties), FXResponse_using_rateProductCode_A_or_B.Response_Source_to_Destination (6 properties), FXResponse_using_rateProductCode_A_or_B.Response_Destination_to_Source (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

FXRequest_using_rateProductCode_A_or_B.Request_Source_to_Destination
object
6 properties 4 required
BankOrWalletRateProductCode
string
Indicates which rate source is to be used - BANK - Account based Live or Quote FX rates - WALLET - Wallet based Live or Quote FX rates
FXResponse_using_rateProductCode_A_or_B.Response_Source_to_Destination
object
6 properties 2 required
FXResponse_using_rateProductCode_BANK_or_WALLET.ResponsewithDestinationAmount
object
6 properties 4 required
FXRequest_using_rateProductCode_BANK_or_WALLET
ForeignExchangeRatesRequest
object
9 properties 3 required
ForeignExchangeRatesResponse
object
4 properties 4 required
RateProductCode
string
indicates which rate source to be used like card based vs account based rates. - A - Card based rates - B - Account based rates
ErrorResponse400
object
1 property 1 required
ErrorResponse500
object
1 property 1 required
FXResponse_using_rateProductCode_BANK_or_WALLET.ResponsewithQuote_Yes
object
6 properties 4 required
FXResponse_using_rateProductCode_A_or_B
FXRequest_using_rateProductCode_BANK_or_WALLET.Request_QuoteID
object
5 properties 4 required
ErrorResponse403
object
1 property 1 required
Amount
number
FXRequest_using_rateProductCode_A_or_B.Request_Destination_to_Source
object
6 properties 4 required
FXResponse_using_rateProductCode_BANK_or_WALLET.ResponsewithSourceAmount
object
6 properties 4 required
Timestamp
string
ISO 8601 formatted UTC Timestamp, YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sTZD. TZD is Z or +/-00:00 example: 1997-07-16T19:20:30.45+00:00
FXRequest_using_rateProductCode_A_or_B
FXResponse_using_rateProductCode_A_or_B.Response_Destination_to_Source
object
6 properties 2 required
FXResponse_using_rateProductCode_BANK_or_WALLET
FXRequest_using_rateProductCode_BANK_or_WALLET.Request_Destination_to_Source
object
5 properties 4 required
FXRequest_using_rateProductCode_BANK_or_WALLET.Request_Source_to_Destination
object
5 properties 4 required

Specification

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Source

visa-foreign-exchange-rates-api-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
visa:visa-foreign-exchange-rates-api-api
Server
https://sandbox.api.visa.com
Docs
https://developer.visa.com/capabilities/visa-government-insights-hub
Provider
Visa
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