Use cases

Exchange rates for e-commerce

Show every shopper prices in their own currency and settle in yours — with rates that refresh hourly.

Example

A shopper in Tokyo lands on your USD-priced store. Before rendering the product grid you fetch the USD→JPY rate once, cache it for a few minutes, and display every price in yen — while still charging in USD at checkout.

# Price a 49.00 USD product in the shopper's currency
curl "https://rate-api.com/api/v1/YOUR_KEY/convert?from=USD&to=JPY&amount=49"
Endpoints:
/latest
/convert

Why Rate-API

  • Localize checkout prices with one /latest or /convert call.
  • Cache rates for minutes to stay well within your plan quota.
  • Cross-rates work for any pair (e.g. GBP→JPY), not just USD.