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Gold Price

Get Current Gold Price

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Overview

Requests retrieve real-time spot gold valuations denominated in USD across ounce, gram, and kilogram weights, accompanied by 24-hour change values and price direction. Paid tiers can query prices across 172 currency codes, retrieve 24-hour high and low ranges, and include hourly price snapshots spanning the preceding day.

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Endpoint

One host, one path per API. The block below shows this call in four languages; every one of them is the same HTTP request. Making requests covers the timeouts, retries and parameter rules that apply to all of them. The SDKs wrap the same call in a typed client.

GEThttps://api.apiverve.com/v1/goldprice
curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/goldprice?currency=USD&hourly=true" \
  -H "x-api-key: your_api_key_here"

Replace your_api_key_here with the key from your dashboard. When the inputs arrive as a list rather than one at a time, batch requests run up to 200 of them through this same API in a single call.

Authentication

Send your key in the x-api-key header. That is the only auth step — there is no token exchange and no per-endpoint scope to configure. Authentication covers creating, rotating and revoking keys.

401 is the only auth verdict

A 401 means the key is missing, invalid or expired. A 403 means the key is valid but not permitted here — blocked by a key restriction or an IP allow-list. Running out of credits is a 429.

Parameters

Sent in the query string. Premium parameters are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them.

ParameterTypeDescription
currencyOptionalPremiumstringThe currency to get the price in
default USD
hourlyOptionalPremiumbooleanInclude hourly price data for the past 24 hours
hourly[].hourOptionalnumberUTC hour-of-day slot (0-23) the price was captured in
hourly[].priceOptionalnumberPrice at that hour, in the requested currency
hourly[].timestampOptionalstringISO 8601 time the hourly price was captured

Response

Every API returns the same three top-level keys, so one response handler covers your whole integration: status, error and data. Only data changes shape. Response format covers the envelope, the other output formats and how premium fields are withheld.

Sample response
{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "currency": "USD",
    "gram": 138.63,
    "kilogram": 138633.92,
    "ounce": 4312,
    "lastUpdated": "2026-02-07T12:00:00.000Z",
    "change24h": 28.5,
    "change24hPct": 0.67,
    "changeDirection": "up",
    "high24h": 4325,
    "low24h": 4278.5,
    "formatted": {
      "ounce": "$4,312.00",
      "gram": "$138.63",
      "kilogram": "$138,633.92",
      "ounceWords": "four thousand, three hundred twelve dollars",
      "kilogramWords": "one hundred thirty-eight thousand, six hundred thirty-four dollars"
    }
  }
}

Response fields

Paths are relative to data. Premium fields are absent rather than zeroed on plans that do not include them, so check for presence instead of comparing to 0.

FieldTypeExampleDescription
currencystring"USD"ISO 4217 currency code for price values
gramnumber138.63Gold price per gram in specified currency
kilogramnumber138633.92Gold price per kilogram in specified currency
ouncenumber4312Gold price per troy ounce in specified currency
lastUpdatedstring"2026-02-07T12:00:00.000Z"ISO 8601 timestamp of last price update
change24hnumber28.5Price change vs 24 hours ago in currency units
change24hPctPremiumnumber0.67Percentage price change vs 24 hours ago
changeDirectionstring"up"Direction of 24h change: up, down, or unchanged
high24hPremiumnumber4325Highest price in the past 24 hours
low24hPremiumnumber4278.5Lowest price in the past 24 hours
formattedobject{...}
ouncePremiumstring"$4,312.00"Formatted ounce price with currency symbol
gramPremiumstring"$138.63"Formatted gram price with currency symbol
kilogramPremiumstring"$138,633.92"Formatted kilogram price with currency symbol
ounceWordsPremiumstring"four thousand, three hundred twelve dollars"Ounce price spelled out in words with currency
kilogramWordsPremiumstring"one hundred thirty-eight thousand, six hundred thirty-four dollars"Kilogram price spelled out in words with currency

Errors

Read the HTTP status first, then error for the specific reason. The body names the parameter that has to change. Error handling covers the full status list and which of them are worth retrying.

StatusMeaningWhat to do
400Input was rejectedRead error; it names the parameter.
401Key missing or invalidCheck the header name and the key value.
403Key valid, but not permittedA key restriction or IP allow-list; see key scoping.
429Rate limited, or out of creditsRead error to tell them apart; see rate limits.

Use cases

Jewelry Store Pricing
E-commerce jewelers adjust retail bullion and custom jewelry checkout prices dynamically based on live gold rates per gram.
Portfolio Asset Valuation
Wealth tracking dashboards recalculate physical precious metal portfolio balances by multiplying recorded gold ounces against incoming spot rates.
Pawn Shop Appraisals
When customers bring in scrap scrap gold, collateral loan software pulls the latest kilogram and gram benchmarks to calculate fair lending values.
Trading Alert Triggers
Market watch bots monitor 24-hour change direction and absolute price shifts to push notifications when bullion moves significantly.

Other ways to use Gold Price

Set up Gold Price on APIVerve, or reach the same source a different way. Your APIVerve account and credits work on all of them — one key, one balance.

Give it to an AI agentConnect over MCP and your agent calls it as a native tool — Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT.VerveKit →Reference →
Google Sheets or ExcelA =VERVE() formula fills a column — no script, no export, recalculates in place.VerveSheets →Reference →
Ground an agent on itA cited, machine-checkable fact your model can't produce on its own.VerveContext →Reference →

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