GET/v1/convertcurrency

Converts an existing currency and amount into a new currency.

Converts an `amount` from one currency to another. Requires `have`, `want` and `amount`. For the raw rate without converting a figure use /exchangerate.

API Ninjas·$0.001 per call

Example code

// Using @orth/sdk - The simplest way to call APIs
// Install: npm install @orth/sdk
import Orthogonal from "@orth/sdk";

const orthogonal = new Orthogonal({
  apiKey: process.env.ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY,
});

const output = await orthogonal.run({
  api: "api-ninjas",
  path: "/v1/convertcurrency",
  query: {
    "have": "example",
    "want": "example",
    "amount": 123
  }
});

console.log(output);

Query parameters

haverequired

string

Currency you currently hold. Must be 3-character currency code (e.g. USD).

wantrequired

string

Currency you want to convert to. Must be 3-character currency code (e.g. USD).

amountrequired

number

Amount of currency to convert.