Ruby Currency Exchange Rate API Documentation

Introduction to Our Ruby Currency Exchange Rate API

Our Currency Exchange Rate API provides a user-friendly, accurate, and dependable solution for integrating currency exchange rates into your Ruby applications. Whether for personal or professional projects, our API simplifies currency conversion with straightforward GET requests.

Key Features of Our Ruby API

• Ease of Use: Seamlessly integrate our API into your Ruby projects with minimal setup and no complex dependencies.
• Fast JSON Responses: Our API delivers JSON responses that are quick to parse and easy to read, leveraging Ruby's efficient JSON handling capabilities.

For detailed information on the different types of requests supported, refer to our Main Documentation.

Getting Started with Ruby: Currency Conversion Example

To begin using our API, you’ll need to sign up for a free account and obtain your API key. Register here to get started.

Here’s a simple example to help you integrate currency conversion into your Ruby on Rails application:

require 'net/http'
require 'json'
 
# Setting URL
url = "https://api.currencyexchangerate-api.com/v1/YOUR-API-KEY/latest/USD"
uri = URI(url)
response = Net::HTTP.get(uri)
response_obj = JSON.parse(response)
 
# Getting a rate
rate = response_obj['conversion_rates']['EUR']
 
 

Sample JSON Response

Here’s a sample JSON response from the API with USD as the base currency code:

{
  "result": "success",
  "base_code": "USD",
  "qouta": 100,
  "remining": 78,
  "conversion_rates": {
    "USD": 1,
    "AED": 3.6725,
    "AFN": 71.3023,
    ...
  }
}

For additional details on request types, error handling, and more, please visit our Main Documentation.

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