We've tested CurrencyFreaks, a Free Currency Conversion and Forex Exchange Rate API
Welcome to our CurrencyFreaks review 👋🏻.
CurrencyFreaks is an API service providing real-time and historical currency exchange rates.
If you're a developer, I imagine you've already had to deal with currency conversion issues. It can be very complicated to manage, and if you want to do it all locally, you can quickly end up with very heavy, non-updated dependencies, or even conversion errors.
That's why CurrencyFreaks Exists, so let's dive into what makes this service stand out and whether it's worth considering for your currency conversion needs!
CurrencyFreaks offers 5 different plans:
All plans include a 30-day free trial and annual billing is available with significant discounts.
If you're just getting started or have a small project, the free plan is a great way to get started without any financial commitment 😊.
Once you sign up for a free account, you'll get access to your dashboard, in which you can find your API key, your API usage, your subscription if you got one, your profile, and the documentation.
This API key is required to make requests to the CurrencyFreaks API. Once you have it, let's see how CurrencyFreaks works 🤩!
The first step is to read the Documentation.
It's simple, short, and easy to understand. Let's make our first request to get the currency rates or EUR and USD.
$ curl 'https://api.currencyfreaks.com/v2.0/rates/latest?apikey=YOUR_APIKEY&symbols=EUR,USD'
After 84ms only, here's the result:
{
"date": "2024-11-19 00:00:00+00",
"base": "USD",
"rates": {
"EUR": "0.94385",
"USD": "1.0"
}
}
The documentation provides examples for all endpoints in different programming languages, which is very helpful.
And this conclues our CurrencyFreaks review! CurrencyFreaks provides a reliable and developer-friendly solution for currency conversion needs. With its competitive pricing, comprehensive documentation and solid performance, it's an excellent choice for:
The free tier is perfect for testing and small projects, while paid plans offer the features and capacity needed for production applications.
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