Xignite Global Currencies API
Real-time, historical, and average foreign exchange rates - one of Xignite's longest-running and most widely used APIs - served from the globalcurrencies.xignite.com service.
Xignite Global Currencies API is one of 23 APIs that Xignite publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Forex, Currencies, and Exchange Rates. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and an OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 25 operations across 25 paths, and defines 23 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.4, at version 1.0.3.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://globalcurrencies.xignite.com.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Xignite Global Currencies API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the query as _token (basic).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
basic— Token for your account.
Paths & Operations 25
Across 25 paths, the API surfaces 25 operations — 25 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Schemas 23
The contract defines 23 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ChartBar (16 properties), Currency (7 properties), ForwardContract (5 properties), ForwardRateDescription (4 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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