# Exchange Rate API

IpForensics provides a simple REST API with real-time and historical exchange rates for 200 world currencies including crypto, delivering currency pairs in universally usable JSON format - compatible with any of your applications.

Spot exchange rate data is retrieved from several major forex data providers in real-time, validated, processed and delivered hourly, every 10 minutes, or even within the 60-second market window.

Providing the most representative forex market value available ("midpoint" value) for every API request, the IpForensics API powers currency converters, mobile applications, financial software components and back-office systems all around the world

Features Available

| Endpoint                                                                                                                      | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
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| [Real time Rate](https://ipforensics.gitbook.io/ipforensics/api/exchange-rate-api/live-rate-endpoint)                         | Real-time exchange rates using the IpForensics API's live endpoint.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| [Historical Rate](https://ipforensics.gitbook.io/ipforensics/api/exchange-rate-api/historical-rate-endpoint)                  | The Ipforensics API provides accurate historical exchange rate data for every past day all the way back to the year of 2020.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| [Currency Conversion Endpoint](https://ipforensics.gitbook.io/ipforensics/api/exchange-rate-api/currency-conversion-endpoint) | Using the `convert` endpoint, you may request the IpForensics API to perform a Single currency conversion on your behalf. e.g converting `$500 to Naira`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| [Currency Swap Endpoint](https://ipforensics.gitbook.io/ipforensics/api/exchange-rate-api/currency-swap-endpoint)             | <p>Our Currency Swap API endpoint is useful for applications where you just want to convert between two specific currencies and aren't interested in any others.</p><p></p><p>You'll need to choose your base currency code and the target currency you'd like to get the exchange rate for. </p><p></p><p>You'll then get a minimal JSON response back from our API with exactly the data you need. It's a much smaller response than the one you'd get from our Live Rate endpoint - quick & easy to develop with.</p> |
| [Currency Endpoint](https://ipforensics.gitbook.io/ipforensics/api-response-data/currency)                                    | A full list of supported currencies can be accessed both in JSON Format and on this website. We support crypto currencies. We support over 200+ currencies                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |