XE Currency Data API v1.

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Specifications
2018 Mar 20

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Contents

1 Overview ............................................................................................................ 3
1.1 Schema ............................................................................................................................................................3
1.2 Caching Data .................................................................................................................................................3
1.3 Authentication .............................................................................................................................................3
1.4 Specifying the API Version......................................................................................................................4
1.5 Specifying the Data Format ....................................................................................................................4
1.6 Timestamp (Date and Time) Format .................................................................................................5
1.7 Package Limits .............................................................................................................................................5
1.8 Usage Restriction ........................................................................................................................................6
1.9 Conditional requests .................................................................................................................................7
2 API Endpoints ..................................................................................................... 8
2.1 Account information .................................................................................................................................8
2.2 Currencies ......................................................................................................................................................9
2.3 Convert From Exchange Rates ........................................................................................................... 10
2.4 Convert To Exchange Rates ................................................................................................................. 11
2.5 Historic Rate .............................................................................................................................................. 13
2.6 Historic Rate period................................................................................................................................ 14
2.7 Monthly Average ...................................................................................................................................... 17
2.8 Stats ............................................................................................................................................................... 18
3 Appendix 1 – API Alerts..................................................................................... 21

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1 Overview

The XE Currency Data API is a REST-ful (or REST-like, depending how strictly you
interpret REST) web-services API.

1.1 Schema
• The API is accessed using the HTTPS protocol.
• The API is accessed from the domain xecdapi.xe.com.
• All data is sent and received in the JSON format by default. You can optionally
specify XML or CSV formats instead.

1.2 Caching Data

Caching of XE Currency data is not permitted at the Small and Medium level packages.
Caching is only permitted if you have subscribed to an Enterprise level package. For
more details please review the XE Currency Data Feed API Agreement.

1.3 Authentication
All requests to the API must be authenticated via HTTP Basic Access Authentication,
which requires that a properly constructed “Authorization” header be included in your
HTTP request. This header will need to include your XE Currency Data API account ID
and API key in an encoded form. Your account ID and API key will be provided to you
when you sign up for the service. You can get more information on Basic Access
Authentication at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication

Most modern programming languages and tools support this authentication method
natively and take care of the details for you.

1.3.1 Authentication Example Using the “curl” Utility

curl –i -u account_id:api_key "https://xecdapi.xe.com/v1/account_info/"

Authenticating with invalid credentials will return 401 Unauthorized:

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curl –i –u bad_account_id:or_bad_api_key -i "https://xecdapi.xe.com/v1/account_info/"

HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized

{
"code":1,
"message": "Bad credentials",
"documentation_url": "https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"
}

1.3.2 Failed login limit

After detecting several requests that include your account ID but an invalid API key
within a short period, the API will temporarily reject all authentication attempts from
you (including ones with a valid API key) with the 403 Forbidden error message:

curl –i -u account_id:bad_api_key -i "https://xecdapi.xe.com/v1/account_info/"

HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden

{
"code":2,
"message": "Maximum number of login attempts exceeded. Please try again later.",
"documentation_url": "https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"
}

1.4 Specifying the API Version

You specify the version of the API that you wish to access by including it in the URI as
follows:

https://xecdapi.xe.com/v{version_no}/...

Where {version_no} is an integer that identifies the version number that you wish to
access.

Example:

https://xecdapi.xe.com/v1/account_info/

1.5 Specifying the Data Format

By default, the API returns data in the JSON format. If you wish to explicitly specify the
format, or request a different format, you can do so in the URI as follows:

https://xecdapi.xe.com/v1/{endpoint}{.format}/...

Where {endpoint} is the specific API endpoint (data) you are requesting and
{.format} indicates the format in which you would like the data to be returned.

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Possible values for {.format} are “.json”, “.xml”, “.csv”. Again, if you do not include
{.format}, the data will be returned in the JSON format by default.

1.6 Timestamp (Date and Time) Format

All timestamps returned in the body of the API responses are in the following ISO 8601
format:

YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ

The “Z” at the end indicates that this is a UTC time.

If you have a Daily package and you have specified a preferred Lock-In time and Time
Zone in your agreement then the API will return data based on these settings in UTC
time.

1.7 Package Limits

The number of API rate requests you get is based on the service package you selected at
the time of sign up.

Small package level: provides you with 10,000 API rate requests a month.
Medium package level: provides you with 100,000 API rate requests a month.
Enterprise package level: provides you with Unlimited API rate requests a month.

Each rate returned is considered one API request towards your monthly package limit.
You can request multiple rates in a single query

For example: Convert $1,500 From USD to CAD and GBP will count as two rate requests
towards your monthly package limit as it contains two counter currencies (CAD and
GBP).

When you have used your monthly package allowance, your access will be blocked until
your new monthly access period begins.

You can check your current package limit status by using the account_info API
endpoint without impacting your API request count. See section 2.1.

Once you hit your package limit you will receive an error response:
HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
Status: 403 Forbidden
X-RateLimit-Limit: 900
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 851

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X-RateLimit-Reset: 1372700873

{
"code":3,
"message": "API package limit reached.",
"documentation_url": "https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"
}

1.7.1 Package Limit Alerts

When you are nearing your package limit for the current month XE will attempt to send
you email alerts. Emails will be sent once you’ve reached 75%, 90% and 100% of your
monthly package allowance.

1.8 Usage Restriction

All requests made to the API are limited over a time period known as the usage
restriction window. This is done to ensure reasonable usage and to potentially prevent
excessive requests on the network due to technical errors.

You can check the returned HTTP headers of any API request to see your current usage
restriction status:
curl –i -u account_id:api_key -i
"https://xecdapi.xe.com/v1/convert_to.json/?to=USD&from=CAD&amount=1000.00"

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Status: 200 OK
X-RateLimit-Limit: 900
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 851
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1372700873

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The headers tell you everything you need to know about your current rate limit status:

Header Name Description

X-RateLimit-Limit The maximum number of requests that you are permitted to make per usage
restriction window.

X-RateLimit- The number of requests remaining in the current usage restriction window.
Remaining

X-RateLimit-Reset The time at which the current usage restriction window resets in UTC epoch
seconds.

If you need the time in a different format, any modern programming language can get
the job done. For example, if you open up the console on your web browser, you can
easily get the reset time as a JavaScript Date object.

new Date(1372700873 * 1000) // => Mon Jul 01 2013 13:47:53 GMT-0400 (EDT)

Once you go over the rate limit you will receive an error response:
HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests
Status: 429 Too Many Requests
X-RateLimit-Limit: 900
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 0
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1377013266

{
"code":4,
"message": "API request rate limit exceeded.",
"documentation_url": "https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"
}

1.9 Conditional requests

Most responses return an ETag header. Many responses also return a Last-
Modified header. You can use the values of these headers to make subsequent
requests to those resources using the If-None-Match and If-Modified-Since headers,
respectively. If the resource has not changed, the server will return a
304 Not Modified .

Note: Making a conditional request and receiving a 304 response does not count against
your API request count so we encourage you to use it whenever possible.

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curl -i "https://xecdapi.xe.com/v1/convert_from/?to=*"
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Cache-Control: private, max-age=60
ETag: "644b5b0155e6404a9cc4bd9d8b1ae730"
Last-Modified: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:31:30 GMT
Status: 200 OK
Vary: Accept, Authorization, Cookie
X-RateLimit-Limit: 900
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 851
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1372700873

curl -i "https://xecdapi.xe.com/v1/convert_from/?to=*" -H if-None-Match:

"644b5b0155e6404a9cc4bd9d8b1ae730""
HTTP/1.1 304 Not Modified
Cache-Control: private, max-age=60
ETag: "644b5b0155e6404a9cc4bd9d8b1ae730"
Last-Modified: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 15:31:30 GMT
Status: 304 Not Modified
Vary: Accept, Authorization, Cookie
X-RateLimit-Limit: 900
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 851
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1372700873

2 API Endpoints

This section outlines the different endpoints that are available. You can think of an
endpoint as a function or a resource that allows you to request information about a
particular type of data.

2.1 Account information

2.1.1 Get Single Account Information
This endpoint will return basic information for a specific account.

GET /v1/account_info{.format}

2.1.2 Response
Status: 200 OK
X-RateLimit-Limit: 5000
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 4456
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1350085394
{
"id": "E1EABC7B-A9C6-97EB-C5C9-E14E501A06E9",
"organization": "Acme Inc.",
"package": "enterprise",
"service_start_timestamp": "2013-01-23T13:27Z",
"package_limit_duration": "1 month"
"package_limit": 10000,
"package_limit_remaining": 8347,
"package-limit_reset": "2014-11-23T00:00Z"
}

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2.2 Currencies
This endpoint will return a list of all currencies, active and obsolete, available via the XE
Currency Data API.

GET /v1/currencies{.type}/?{obsolete=true}{&language=en}{&iso=XXX…}

If the obsolete optional parameter is included, then the list will contain both active and
obsolete currencies.

Example:
curl –i -u account_id:api_key
"https://xecdapi.xe.com/v1/currencies.json/?obsolete=true"

2.2.1 Response
Status: 200 OK
X-RateLimit-Limit: 900
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 851
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1350085394
ETag: "a0s049ba79152f03380d34652f2cb612"
{
"terms":"http://www.xe.com/legal/dfs.php",
"privacy":"http://www.xe.com/privacy.php",
"currencies": [
{
"iso": "CAD",
"currency_name": "Canadian Dollar",
"is_obsolete": false
},
{
"iso": "FRF",
"currency_name": "France Francs",
"is_obsolete": true,
"superseded_by": "EUR"
}
. . .
]
}

2.2.2 Parameter

Name Type Description

obsolete String OPTIONAL – If ‘true’ then endpoint will display currencies that are obsolete but for
which historical data is available.

language String OPTIONAL – parameter used to specify the language in which you would like the
currency names to be provided. Specified as an RFC-1766-compliant language tag.
Currently supported languages include "ar", "de", "en", "es", "fr", "it", "ja", "pt",
"sv", "zh-CN", and "zh-HK". If not specified, “en” is used.

iso String OPTIONAL – Comma separated list of ISO 4217 codes. This will limit the data
returned to only those currencies that are specified. If this parameter is omitted, this

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Name Type Description
endpoint will return results for all currencies.

It is a prefix match; you can provide it with one, two, or three characters and it will
return a list of all the currencies with ISO 4217 codes that match.

A list of acceptable ISO 4217 currency codes can be found here:

http://www.xe.com/iso4217.php

2.3 Convert From Exchange Rates

Convert from a currency amount to multiple other currencies using the exchange rates
appropriate to your purchased level of service (Daily or Live).

For example, if you have $110.23 USD, how much CAD will that get you.

Note:
Daily – will return last rate at your preferred lock-in time.
Live – will return latest exchange rate.

GET /v1/convert_from{.format}/?{from=XXX}{&to=XXX…}{&amount=n}

• From should be a three-character ISO 4217 code.

• To should be comma delimited ISO 4217 code.

Example:
curl –i -u account_id:api_key
"https://xecdapi.xe.com/v1/convert_from.json/?from=USD&to=CAD,EUR
&amount=110.23"

2.3.1 Response
Status: 200 OK
X-RateLimit-Limit: 900
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 851
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1350085394
ETag: “a0s049ba79152f03380d34652f2cb612”
{
"terms":"http://www.xe.com/legal/dfs.php",
"privacy":"http://www.xe.com/privacy.php",
"from": "USD",
"amount":110.23,
"timestamp": "2014-04-23T14:20:00Z",
"to": [
{
"quotecurrency": "CAD",
"mid": 121.7363552834
},
{
"quotecurrency": "EUR",

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 "mid": 79.6584009775
}
]
}

2.3.2 Parameters

Name Type Description

from String OPTIONAL - Currency you want to convert from ISO code. Note if this
parameter is omitted, USD is assumed.

to String Comma separated list of to currencies ISO 4217 codes. This will limit the
data returned to only those currencies that are specified. Use an asterisk *
to convert all currencies. Note: Obsolete currencies are replaced by their
successor currency.

amount Number OPTIONAL – This parameter can be used to specify the amount you want
to convert, if an amount is not specified then 1 is assumed.

obsolete String OPTIONAL – If ‘true’ then endpoint will display rates for currencies that
are obsolete. If ‘false’ then obsolete currencies are replaced by their
successor currency.

inverse String If ‘true’ then endpoint will include inverse rates. An inverse rate is a quote
for which the base currency and counter currency are switched. An
inverse is calculated by dividing one by the exchange rate.
Example: If the exchange rate for $1 USD to EUR = 0.874852, then the
inverse rate would be 1/0.874852 = 1.14305, meaning that US$1.14305
would buy 1 euro.

decimal_places Number OPTIONAL – This parameter can be used to specify the number of decimal
places included in the output. Example 1 USD to EUR = 0.874852 with
decimal_places=3, the output returned will be EUR = 0.875

margin Number OPTIONAL – This parameter can be used to add a margin (-/+) to XE's mid-
market rate. Example: add margin=2.05 parameter to the endpoint and
the API will return our mid-market rates plus the margin of 2.05 percent.

2.4 Convert To Exchange Rates

Convert to a currency amount from multiple other currencies using the exchange rates
appropriate to your purchased level of service (Daily or Live).

For example, how much USD and EUR do you need to get $1000 CAD.

Note:
Daily – will return last rate at your preferred lock-in time.
Live – will return latest exchange rate.

GET /v1/convert_to{.format}/?{to=XXX}{&from=XXX…}{&amount=n}

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 • To should be a three-character ISO 4217 code.
• From should be comma delimited ISO 4217 code.

Example:
curl –i -u account_id:api_key
"https://xecdapi.xe.com/v1/convert_to.json/?to=CAD&from=USD,EUR&amount=1000.00"

2.4.1 Response
Status: 200 OK
X-RateLimit-Limit: 900
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 851
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1350085394
ETag: “a0s049ba79152f03380d34652f2cb612”
{
"terms":"http://www.xe.com/legal/dfs.php",
"privacy":"http://www.xe.com/privacy.php",
"to": "CAD",
"amount":1000.00,
"timestamp": "2014-04-23T14:24:00Z",
"from": [
{
"quotecurrency": "USD",
"mid": 905.4803114341
},
{
"quotecurrency": "EUR",
"mid": 656.7101615851
}
]
}

2.4.2 Parameters

Name Type Description

from String Comma separated list of to currencies ISO codes. This will limit the data
returned to only those currencies that are specified. Use an asterisk * to
convert all currencies. Note: Obsolete currencies are replaced by their
successor currency.

to String OPTIONAL - Currency you want to convert to ISO code. Note if this
parameter is omitted, USD is assumed.

amount Number OPTIONAL – This parameter can be used to specify the amount you want
to convert, if an amount is not specified then 1 is assumed.

obsolete String OPTIONAL – If ‘true’ then endpoint will display rates for currencies that
are obsolete. If ‘false’ then obsolete currencies are replaced by their
successor currency.

inverse String OPTIONAL – If ‘true’ then endpoint will include inverse rates.

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Name Type Description
decimal_places Number OPTIONAL – This parameter can be used to specify the number of decimal
places included in the output. Example 1 USD to EUR = 0.874852 with
decimal_places=3, the output returned will be EUR = 0.875

margin Number OPTIONAL – This parameter can be used to add a margin (-/+) to XE's mid-
market rate. Example: add margin=2.05 parameter to the endpoint and
the API will return our mid-market rates plus the margin of 2.05 percent.

2.5 Historic Rate

Returns the historic rate for a single base currency and one or more counter currencies.

GET /v1/historic_rate.{format}/{?from=XXX}{&to=XXX…}{&date=yyyy-mm
dd}{&time=hh:mm}(&amount=n}

Example:
curl –i -u account_id:api_key
"https://xecdapi.xe.com/v1/historic_rate.json/?from=USD&date=2011-03-05&to=CAD,JPY"

2.5.1 Response
Status: 200 OK
X-RateLimit-Limit: 900
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 861
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1350085394

{
"terms":"http://www.xe.com/legal/dfs.php",
"privacy":"http://www.xe.com/privacy.php",
"from": "USD",
"amount":1.0,
"timestamp": "2011-03-05T17:00:00Z",
"to": [
{
"quotecurrency":"CAD",
"mid":0.9727929102
},
{
"quotecurrency":"JPY",
"mid":82.3000430273
}]
}

2.5.2 Parameters

Name Type Description

from String OPTIONAL - Currency you want to convert from ISO code. Note if this
parameter is omitted, USD is assumed.

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Name Type Description
to String Comma separated list of to currencies ISO 4217 codes. This will limit the
data returned to only those currencies that are specified. Use an asterisk *
to specify all currencies. Note: Obsolete currencies are replaced by their
precursor or successor currency.

date String UTC date should be in the form of YYYY-MM-DD, up to 1995-11-16.

If your account is registered for a Daily package your endpoint will return
rates at your preferred daily lock-in time.

If your account is registered for a Live package your endpoint will return
XE mid-day rate unless you specify a time parameter in your rate request.

time String OPTIONAL – Time parameter is applicable to Live package only – UTC time
is in format of HH:MM
Time option is only available for the last 24 hours, if time is not specified,
only one table is returned using the XE mid-day rates (As returned in
http://www.xe.com/currencytables/)

amount Number OPTIONAL – This parameter can be used to specify the amount you want
to convert, if an amount is not specified then 1 is assumed.

obsolete String OPTIONAL – If ‘true’ then endpoint will display rates for currencies that
are obsolete. If ‘false’ then obsolete currencies are replaced by their
successor currency.

inverse String OPTIONAL – If ‘true’ then endpoint will include inverse rates.

decimal_places Number OPTIONAL – This parameter can be used to specify the number of decimal
places included in the output. Example 1 USD to EUR = 0.874852 with
decimal_places=3, the output returned will be EUR = 0.875

margin Number OPTIONAL – This parameter can be used to add a margin (-/+) to XE's
mid-market rate. Example: add margin=2.05 parameter to the endpoint
and the API will return our mid-market rates plus the margin of 2.05
percent.

2.6 Historic Rate period

Returns a daily historic rate for a single base currency and one or more counter
currencies over a period of time.

GET
/v1/historic_rate/period{.type}/{?from=XXX}{&to=XXX…}{&start_timestamp=YYYY-
MM-DD}{&end_timestamp=YYYY-MM-DD}{&amount=n}

Example:

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curl –i -u account_id:api_key
"https://xecdapi.xe.com/v1/historic_rate/period/?from=USD&to=CAD
&start_timestamp=2011-02-11T12:00&end_timestamp=2011-06-02T12:00"

2.6.1 Response
Status: 200 OK
X-RateLimit-Limit: 900
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 851
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1350085394
ETag: “a0s049ba79152f03380d34652f2cb612”
{
"terms":"http://www.xe.com/legal/dfs.php",
"privacy":"http://www.xe.com/privacy.php",
"from": "USD",
"amount":1.0,
"to": [
"CAD": [
{
"mid":0.9933549894,
"timestamp":"2013-01-01T17:00:00Z
},
{
"mid":0.9860217910,
"timestamp":"2013-01-02T17:00:00Z
}]
]
}

2.6.2 Parameters

Name Type Description

from String OPTIONAL - Currency you want to convert from ISO code. Note if this
parameter is omitted, USD is assumed.

to String Comma separated list of to currencies based on ISO 4217 codes. This
will limit the data returned to only those currencies that are specified.

amount Number OPTIONAL – This parameter can be used to specify the amount you
want to convert, if an amount is not specified then 1 is assumed.

start_timestamp String OPTIONAL – ISO 8601 timestamp in the format yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm

giving the UTC date and time of the start of the period for which you
would like rates returned.

If your account is registered for a Daily package your endpoint will

return rates at your preferred daily lock-in time starting on the date
specified in your request. If your account does not have a preferred
daily lock-in time then rates will return as of 00:00 UTC.

If your account is registered for a Live package your endpoint will

return rates starting at 00:00 UTC if no time portion is specified.

end_timestamp String OPTIONAL – ISO 8601 timestamp in the format yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm

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Name Type Description
giving the UTC date and time of the end of the period for which you
would like rates returned. If a time in the future is specified, the
current time will be used. If no end_time is specified, the time
specified in the “start_timestamp” paramenter will also be used for
the end_timestamp.”

If your account is registered for a Daily package your endpoint will

return rates at your preferred daily lock-in time ending on the date
specified in your request. If your account does not have a preferred
daily lock-in time then rates will return as of 00:00 UTC.

If your account is registered for a Live package your endpoint will

return rates at 00:00 UTC unless you specify a time parameter in your
rate request.

interval String OPTIONAL – Interval is applicable to Live packages only. Using one of
the interval values below in your rate request will return rates for that
specific interval within the time period specified.

Example: adding the interval of “hourly” will return rates for every
hour in the time period you specified.

“daily” Returns one rate for the days specified in your time
period.
“hourly” Returns rates for every hour in the time period you
specify.

If omitted, “daily” is used. This parameter is only used if both the

“start_timestamp” and “end_timestamp” parameters have been
specified.

page Number OPTIONAL – You can specify the page number you want to request.
Note that page numbering is 1-based (the first page being page 1).
Omitting this parameter will return the first page.

per_page Number OPTIONAL – You can specify the number of results per page. The
default is 30 results per page with a maximum of 100 results per page.

obsolete String OPTIONAL – If ‘true’ then endpoint will display rates for currencies
that are obsolete. If ‘false’ then obsolete currencies are replaced
by their successor currency.

inverse String OPTIONAL – If ‘true’ then endpoint will include inverse rates.

decimal_places Number OPTIONAL – This parameter can be used to specify the number of
decimal places included in the output. Example 1 USD to EUR =
0.874852 with decimal_places=3, the output returned will be EUR
= 0.875

margin Number OPTIONAL – This parameter can be used to add a margin (-/+) to
XE's mid-market rate. Example: add margin=2.05 parameter to the

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Name Type Description
endpoint and the API will return our mid-market rates plus the
margin of 2.05 percent.

2.7 Monthly Average

Returns monthly average rates for a single base currency and one or more counter
currencies for a year and optionally month. The monthly average is calculated by taking
the 00:00 UTC rate for each day in the month/year you specify in your query.

GET
/v1/monthly_average{.type}/{?from=XXX}{&to=XXX…}{&year=YYYY}{&month=M}{&amount
=n}

Example:
curl –i -u account_id:api_key "https://xecdapi.xe.com/v1/
monthly_average/?from=USD&to=EUR&year=2015&month=6"

2.7.1 Response
Status: 200 OK
X-RateLimit-Limit: 900
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 899
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1472579220
ETag: “a0s049ba79152f03380d34652f2cb612”
{
"terms":"http://www.xe.com/legal/dfs.php",
"privacy":"http://www.xe.com/privacy.php",
"from": "USD",
"amount":1,
"year":2015,
"to": {
"CAD": [
{
"monthlyAverage":1.2354042806,
"month":6,
"daysInMonth":30
}]
}
}

2.7.2 Parameters

Name Type Description

from String OPTIONAL - Currency you want to convert from ISO code. Note if this
parameter is omitted, USD is assumed.

to String Comma separated list of to currencies based on ISO 4217 codes. This

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Name Type Description
will limit the data returned to only those currencies that are specified.

amount Number OPTIONAL – This parameter can be used to specify the amount you
want to convert, if an amount is not specified then 1 is assumed.

year String OPTIONAL – This parameter specifies the year to calculate average
monthly rates.

month String OPTIONAL – This parameter specifies the month in the given year to
return average monthly rates. This is a numeric value from 1 to 12
where 1 is for January and 12 is for December. If no month is
provided, then all months for the given year are returned.

obsolete String OPTIONAL – If ‘true’ then endpoint will display rates for currencies
that are obsolete. If ‘false’ then obsolete currencies are replaced by
their successor currency.

inverse String OPTIONAL – If ‘true’ then endpoint will include inverse rates.

decimal_places Number OPTIONAL – This parameter can be used to specify the number of
decimal places included in the output. Example 1 USD to EUR =
0.874852 with decimal_places=3, the output returned will be EUR =
0.875

2.8 Stats
Volatility measures the fluctuation in the exchange rate of a currency pair over a specific
period, represented in a percentage. At XE, volatility is measured by applying the
standard deviation of the logarithmic daily returns, expressed in a percentage score.

Daily returns are the gain or loss of a currency pair in a particular period. We take the
values of two consecutive days at 00:00 UTC. That is why we call it daily return. Then,
we apply a logarithm to the ratio between those two values. It is a common way to
measure change in the financial industry.

Ex: ln (valueDay2 / valueDay1) is the logarithmic return between day2 and day1. We
have a value that tells us if the currency pair has moved a lot or not.

In statistics, the standard deviation is a measure that is used to quantify the amount of
variation of a set of data values. A low standard deviation indicates that the data points
tend to be close to the mean of the set, while a high standard deviation indicates that
the data points are spread out over a wider range of value.

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We apply this standard deviation to the daily logarithmic returns we calculated during a
given time period (30 days, 90 days etc.).

Expressing a value in a percentage score means we multiply it by 100 before showing it

to you.

GET /v1/stats{.format}/{?from=XXX}{&to=XXX…}{&start_date=yyyy-mm
dd}{&end_date=yyyy-mm dd}{&daysInPeriod=n}

Example:
curl –i -u account_id:api_key "https://xecdapi.xe.com/v1/
stats?from=USD&to=EUR&start_date=2016-01-01&end_date=2017-01-01"

2.8.1 Response
Status: 200 OK
X-RateLimit-Limit: 900
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 899
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1472579220
ETag: “a0s049ba79152f03380d34652f2cb612”
{
"terms":"http://www.xe.com/legal/dfs.php",
"privacy":"http://www.xe.com/privacy.php",
"startDate":"2016-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"endDate":"2017-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"from": "USD",
"stats": [
{
"to": "EUR",
"high": "0.96241958842401",
"low": "0.86778524440646",
"average": "0.9040496695395371",
"standardDeviation": "0.02093481087412211",
"volatility": "0.4383874561564132",
"highTimestamp": "2016-12-21T00:00:00Z",
"lowTimestamp": "2016-15-03T00:00:00Z",
"dataPoints": "367"
}]
}

2.8.2 Parameters

Name Type Description

from String OPTIONAL - Currency you want to convert from ISO code. Note if this
parameter is omitted, USD is assumed.

to String Comma separated list of to currencies based on ISO 4217 codes. This
will limit the data returned to only those currencies that are specified.

start_date String OPTIONAL – ISO 8601 timestamp in the format yyyy-mm-dd giving the
UTC date of the start of the period for which you would like to

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Name Type Description
compute the volatility from. Note if this parameter is omitted, the
start date will default to today.

end_date String OPTIONAL – ISO 8601 timestamp in the format yyyy-mm-dd giving the
UTC date of the end of the period for which you would like to
compute the volatility to. Note if this parameter is omitted, the end
date will default to today.

obsolete String OPTIONAL – If ‘true’ then endpoint will display rates for currencies
that are obsolete. If ‘false’ then obsolete currencies are replaced by
their successor currency.

decimal_places Number OPTIONAL -This parameter can be used to specify the number of
decimal places included in the output. Example 1 USD to EUR =
0.874852 with decimal_places=3, the output returned will be EUR =
0.875

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3 Appendix 1 – API Alerts

This table outlines the various alerts that you could potentially encounter.

SCENARIO DETAILS MESSAGE

General Server XECD API will return {"code": 0, "message": "An unexpected error occurred",
HTTP Status Code 500 "documentation_url": "https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"}
error Internal Server Error.
Authentication XECD API will return {"code": 1, "message": "Bad credentials", "documentation_url":
401 Unauthorized "https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"
Invalid Credentials
Message.
Failed login Limit After detecting
several requests that {"code": 2, "message": "Maximum number of login attempts
include your account exceeded. Please try again later.", "documentation_url":
ID but an invalid API "https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"}
key within a short
period, the API will
temporarily reject all
authentication
attempts you make
(including ones with a
valid API key) with
403 Forbidden error
message.
Monthly Rate Occurs when the {"code": 3, "message": "Monthly rate limit exceeded.",
account has exceeded
Request Limit "documentation_url": "https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"}
allotted rate requests
Exceeded for the month.
Usage Restriction All requests made to {"code": 4, "message": "Current interval rate limit exceeded.",
the API are limited
(Throttling) "documentation_url": "https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"}
over a time period
known as the usage
restriction window
(Throttling). Once you
go over the limit you
will receive an error
message.
No Access to Occurs for free trial {"code": 5, "message": "Not authorized to access rates for date
accounts that attempt
Historic Rate {0}", "documentation_url": "https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"},
to get historic rates
over 30 days prior to where {0} is the requested date
free trial start date.
User Error XECD API will return {"code":6, "message": "An unexpected error occurred",
HTTP Status Code 400
"documentation_url": "https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"}
Bad Request.
No Rates for Occurs when a valid {"code": 7, "message": "No {0} found on {1}",
currency is not found
Requested Currency "documentation_url": "https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"}, where
at the requested
and Date date/time {0} is the currency and {1} is the date/time in the format yyyy-

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 MM-dd'T'HH:mmZ
Rates Not Available This alert will be {"code": 8, "message": "Rates not available on requested date
returned when there
{0}", "documentation_url": "https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"},
are no rates available
for the requested where {0} is replaced by the date/time in the format yyyy-MM-
date/time. dd'T'HH:mmZ
Free Trial Ended Occurs when a user {"code": 9, "message": "Free trial ended", "documentation_url":
attempts to access
"https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"}
XECD API with an
account where the
free trial period has
ended
No Rates Available This alert will be {"code":10,"message":"No rates available between {0} and
returned when there
on requested dates are no rates available {1}","documentation_url":"https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"},
for the requested where {0} and {1} are replaced by the start and end date/times in
range of date/times. the format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mmZ
Future Date This alert will be {"code":11,"message":"Date {0} is in
returned when the
future","documentation_url":"https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"},
date/time requested
occurs in the future. where {0} is replaced by the date/time in the format yyyy-MM-
dd'T'HH:mmZ
Invalid Date Range This alert will be {"code":12,"message":"Date range error: start date {0} is after
returned when the
end date
start date/time occurs
after the end {0}","documentation_url":"https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"},
date/time. where {0} and {1} are replaced by the start and end date/times in
the format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mmZ
Results Requested This alert will be {"code":13,"message":"Number of results per page requested {0}
returned when
Exceeds Per Page exceeds maximum per page of
number of results per
Limit page requested {1}","documentation_url":"https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"},
exceeds the limit. where {0} is replaced by the requested number of rates per page
and {1} is replaced by the maximum number of rates per page.
Invalid Year Occurs when an {"code":14,"message":"Year {0} is
invalid year is invalid","documentation_url":"https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"}
specified.
Invalid Month This alert will be {"code":15,"message":"Month {0} in the year {1} is
returned when an invalid","documentation_url":"https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"}
invalid month is
requested.

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Unauthorized Occurs for any {"code":16,"message":"Not authorized to access this
accounts that endpoint","documentation_url":"https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"}
Access attempt to access
an endpoint that is
currently for
internal use only.
Invalid Currency Occurs when an {"code":17,"message":"{0} is an invalid currency. Please, use
invalid currency /currencies for valid list of
code is specified currencies","documentation_url":"https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"}

Invalid Days In Occurs when an {"code":18,"message":"Days in period {0} is

invalid number of invalid","documentation_url":"https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"}
Period
days in a period is
specified in the
stats endpoint
Stats Start Date Occurs when stats {"code":19,"message":"Start date and end date cannot be more than
endpoint is called 1 year
and End Date
with start date and apart","documentation_url":"https://xecdapi.xe.com/docs/v1/"}
Limit end date more than
1 year apart
Package Limit This alert is sent via
Email to the email Please note that your account, identified by account key [Account ID]
Alerts address we have on assigned to [Company Name], has used [75%], or more, of your XE
file. Currency Data monthly package allowance.
When you are
nearing your Once you reach 100% you will no longer be able to access the API
package limit for until your monthly request count resets.
the current month
XE will attempt to Your request count will reset on [XX,XX,XXXX].
send you email
alerts. Emails will Should you need more information or wish to review the suitability of
be sent once you’ve your current subscription plan for your needs please contact us.
reached 75%, 90%
and 100% of your
authorized API
request count.

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