Currency Symbols
Currency Symbols is a simple tool for getting currency symbols. It returns the currency symbol, name, and more of a currency.
This API provides reliable and fast access to currency symbols data through a simple REST interface. Built for developers who need consistent, high-quality results with minimal setup time.
To use this API, you need an API key. You can get one by creating a free account and visiting your dashboard.
View API in DirectoryEndpoint
GET https://api.apiverve.com/v1/currencysymbols
Code Examples
Here are examples of how to call this API in different programming languages:
curl -X GET \
"https://api.apiverve.com/v1/currencysymbols?currency=USD" \
-H "X-API-Key: your_api_key_here"
const response = await fetch('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/currencysymbols', {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'X-API-Key': 'your_api_key_here',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
import requests
headers = {
'X-API-Key': 'your_api_key_here',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}
response = requests.get('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/currencysymbols', headers=headers)
data = response.json()
print(data)
const https = require('https');
const url = require('url');
const options = {
method: 'GET',
headers: {
'X-API-Key': 'your_api_key_here',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}
};
const req = https.request('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/currencysymbols', options, (res) => {
let data = '';
res.on('data', (chunk) => data += chunk);
res.on('end', () => console.log(JSON.parse(data)));
});
req.end();
<?php
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://api.apiverve.com/v1/currencysymbols');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'GET');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
'X-API-Key: your_api_key_here',
'Content-Type: application/json'
]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
$data = json_decode($response, true);
print_r($data);
?>
package main
import (
"fmt"
"io"
"net/http"
)
func main() {
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/currencysymbols", nil)
req.Header.Set("X-API-Key", "your_api_key_here")
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
client := &http.Client{}
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}
require 'net/http'
require 'json'
uri = URI('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/currencysymbols')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
request['X-API-Key'] = 'your_api_key_here'
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
response = http.request(request)
puts JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(response.body))
Authentication
This API requires authentication via API key. Include your API key in the request header:
X-API-Key: your_api_key_here
Parameters
The following parameters are available for this API endpoint:
Parameter | Type | Required | Location | Description | Example |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
currency | string | Yes | query | The currency code for which you want to get the symbol (e.g., USD) | USD |
Response
The API returns responses in JSON, XML, and YAML formats:
Example Responses
{
"status": "ok",
"error": null,
"data": {
"countriesFound": [
{
"country_name": "AMERICAN SAMOA",
"currency_name": "US Dollar",
"currency_iso_code": "USD",
"currency_number": "840",
"currency_mnr_unts": "2",
"currency_symbol": "$"
},
{
"country_name": "BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA",
"currency_name": "US Dollar",
"currency_iso_code": "USD",
"currency_number": "840",
"currency_mnr_unts": "2",
"currency_symbol": "$"
},
{
"country_name": "BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY (THE)",
"currency_name": "US Dollar",
"currency_iso_code": "USD",
"currency_number": "840",
"currency_mnr_unts": "2",
"currency_symbol": "$"
},
{
"country_name": "ECUADOR",
"currency_name": "US Dollar",
"currency_iso_code": "USD",
"currency_number": "840",
"currency_mnr_unts": "2",
"currency_symbol": "$"
},
{
"country_name": "EL SALVADOR",
"currency_name": "US Dollar",
"currency_iso_code": "USD",
"currency_number": "840",
"currency_mnr_unts": "2",
"currency_symbol": "$"
},
{
"country_name": "GUAM",
"currency_name": "US Dollar",
"currency_iso_code": "USD",
"currency_number": "840",
"currency_mnr_unts": "2",
"currency_symbol": "$"
},
{
"country_name": "HAITI",
"currency_name": "US Dollar",
"currency_iso_code": "USD",
"currency_number": "840",
"currency_mnr_unts": "2",
"currency_symbol": "$"
},
{
"country_name": "MARSHALL ISLANDS (THE)",
"currency_name": "US Dollar",
"currency_iso_code": "USD",
"currency_number": "840",
"currency_mnr_unts": "2",
"currency_symbol": "$"
},
{
"country_name": "MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF)",
"currency_name": "US Dollar",
"currency_iso_code": "USD",
"currency_number": "840",
"currency_mnr_unts": "2",
"currency_symbol": "$"
},
{
"country_name": "NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (THE)",
"currency_name": "US Dollar",
"currency_iso_code": "USD",
"currency_number": "840",
"currency_mnr_unts": "2",
"currency_symbol": "$"
},
{
"country_name": "PALAU",
"currency_name": "US Dollar",
"currency_iso_code": "USD",
"currency_number": "840",
"currency_mnr_unts": "2",
"currency_symbol": "$"
},
{
"country_name": "PANAMA",
"currency_name": "US Dollar",
"currency_iso_code": "USD",
"currency_number": "840",
"currency_mnr_unts": "2",
"currency_symbol": "$"
},
{
"country_name": "PUERTO RICO",
"currency_name": "US Dollar",
"currency_iso_code": "USD",
"currency_number": "840",
"currency_mnr_unts": "2",
"currency_symbol": "$"
},
{
"country_name": "TIMOR-LESTE",
"currency_name": "US Dollar",
"currency_iso_code": "USD",
"currency_number": "840",
"currency_mnr_unts": "2",
"currency_symbol": "$"
},
{
"country_name": "TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS (THE)",
"currency_name": "US Dollar",
"currency_iso_code": "USD",
"currency_number": "840",
"currency_mnr_unts": "2",
"currency_symbol": "$"
},
{
"country_name": "UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS (THE)",
"currency_name": "US Dollar",
"currency_iso_code": "USD",
"currency_number": "840",
"currency_mnr_unts": "2",
"currency_symbol": "$"
},
{
"country_name": "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (THE)",
"currency_name": "US Dollar",
"currency_iso_code": "USD",
"currency_number": "840",
"currency_mnr_unts": "2",
"currency_symbol": "$"
},
{
"country_name": "VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH)",
"currency_name": "US Dollar",
"currency_iso_code": "USD",
"currency_number": "840",
"currency_mnr_unts": "2",
"currency_symbol": "$"
},
{
"country_name": "VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)",
"currency_name": "US Dollar",
"currency_iso_code": "USD",
"currency_number": "840",
"currency_mnr_unts": "2",
"currency_symbol": "$"
}
],
"currency": "USD"
}
}
<Root>
<status>ok</status>
<error />
<data>
<countriesFound>
<country_name>AMERICAN SAMOA</country_name>
<currency_name>US Dollar</currency_name>
<currency_iso_code>USD</currency_iso_code>
<currency_number>840</currency_number>
<currency_mnr_unts>2</currency_mnr_unts>
<currency_symbol>$</currency_symbol>
</countriesFound>
<countriesFound>
<country_name>BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA</country_name>
<currency_name>US Dollar</currency_name>
<currency_iso_code>USD</currency_iso_code>
<currency_number>840</currency_number>
<currency_mnr_unts>2</currency_mnr_unts>
<currency_symbol>$</currency_symbol>
</countriesFound>
<countriesFound>
<country_name>BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY (THE)</country_name>
<currency_name>US Dollar</currency_name>
<currency_iso_code>USD</currency_iso_code>
<currency_number>840</currency_number>
<currency_mnr_unts>2</currency_mnr_unts>
<currency_symbol>$</currency_symbol>
</countriesFound>
<countriesFound>
<country_name>ECUADOR</country_name>
<currency_name>US Dollar</currency_name>
<currency_iso_code>USD</currency_iso_code>
<currency_number>840</currency_number>
<currency_mnr_unts>2</currency_mnr_unts>
<currency_symbol>$</currency_symbol>
</countriesFound>
<countriesFound>
<country_name>EL SALVADOR</country_name>
<currency_name>US Dollar</currency_name>
<currency_iso_code>USD</currency_iso_code>
<currency_number>840</currency_number>
<currency_mnr_unts>2</currency_mnr_unts>
<currency_symbol>$</currency_symbol>
</countriesFound>
<countriesFound>
<country_name>GUAM</country_name>
<currency_name>US Dollar</currency_name>
<currency_iso_code>USD</currency_iso_code>
<currency_number>840</currency_number>
<currency_mnr_unts>2</currency_mnr_unts>
<currency_symbol>$</currency_symbol>
</countriesFound>
<countriesFound>
<country_name>HAITI</country_name>
<currency_name>US Dollar</currency_name>
<currency_iso_code>USD</currency_iso_code>
<currency_number>840</currency_number>
<currency_mnr_unts>2</currency_mnr_unts>
<currency_symbol>$</currency_symbol>
</countriesFound>
<countriesFound>
<country_name>MARSHALL ISLANDS (THE)</country_name>
<currency_name>US Dollar</currency_name>
<currency_iso_code>USD</currency_iso_code>
<currency_number>840</currency_number>
<currency_mnr_unts>2</currency_mnr_unts>
<currency_symbol>$</currency_symbol>
</countriesFound>
<countriesFound>
<country_name>MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF)</country_name>
<currency_name>US Dollar</currency_name>
<currency_iso_code>USD</currency_iso_code>
<currency_number>840</currency_number>
<currency_mnr_unts>2</currency_mnr_unts>
<currency_symbol>$</currency_symbol>
</countriesFound>
<countriesFound>
<country_name>NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (THE)</country_name>
<currency_name>US Dollar</currency_name>
<currency_iso_code>USD</currency_iso_code>
<currency_number>840</currency_number>
<currency_mnr_unts>2</currency_mnr_unts>
<currency_symbol>$</currency_symbol>
</countriesFound>
<countriesFound>
<country_name>PALAU</country_name>
<currency_name>US Dollar</currency_name>
<currency_iso_code>USD</currency_iso_code>
<currency_number>840</currency_number>
<currency_mnr_unts>2</currency_mnr_unts>
<currency_symbol>$</currency_symbol>
</countriesFound>
<countriesFound>
<country_name>PANAMA</country_name>
<currency_name>US Dollar</currency_name>
<currency_iso_code>USD</currency_iso_code>
<currency_number>840</currency_number>
<currency_mnr_unts>2</currency_mnr_unts>
<currency_symbol>$</currency_symbol>
</countriesFound>
<countriesFound>
<country_name>PUERTO RICO</country_name>
<currency_name>US Dollar</currency_name>
<currency_iso_code>USD</currency_iso_code>
<currency_number>840</currency_number>
<currency_mnr_unts>2</currency_mnr_unts>
<currency_symbol>$</currency_symbol>
</countriesFound>
<countriesFound>
<country_name>TIMOR-LESTE</country_name>
<currency_name>US Dollar</currency_name>
<currency_iso_code>USD</currency_iso_code>
<currency_number>840</currency_number>
<currency_mnr_unts>2</currency_mnr_unts>
<currency_symbol>$</currency_symbol>
</countriesFound>
<countriesFound>
<country_name>TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS (THE)</country_name>
<currency_name>US Dollar</currency_name>
<currency_iso_code>USD</currency_iso_code>
<currency_number>840</currency_number>
<currency_mnr_unts>2</currency_mnr_unts>
<currency_symbol>$</currency_symbol>
</countriesFound>
<countriesFound>
<country_name>UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS (THE)</country_name>
<currency_name>US Dollar</currency_name>
<currency_iso_code>USD</currency_iso_code>
<currency_number>840</currency_number>
<currency_mnr_unts>2</currency_mnr_unts>
<currency_symbol>$</currency_symbol>
</countriesFound>
<countriesFound>
<country_name>UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (THE)</country_name>
<currency_name>US Dollar</currency_name>
<currency_iso_code>USD</currency_iso_code>
<currency_number>840</currency_number>
<currency_mnr_unts>2</currency_mnr_unts>
<currency_symbol>$</currency_symbol>
</countriesFound>
<countriesFound>
<country_name>VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH)</country_name>
<currency_name>US Dollar</currency_name>
<currency_iso_code>USD</currency_iso_code>
<currency_number>840</currency_number>
<currency_mnr_unts>2</currency_mnr_unts>
<currency_symbol>$</currency_symbol>
</countriesFound>
<countriesFound>
<country_name>VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)</country_name>
<currency_name>US Dollar</currency_name>
<currency_iso_code>USD</currency_iso_code>
<currency_number>840</currency_number>
<currency_mnr_unts>2</currency_mnr_unts>
<currency_symbol>$</currency_symbol>
</countriesFound>
<currency>USD</currency>
</data>
</Root>
status: ok
error:
data:
countriesFound:
- country_name: AMERICAN SAMOA
currency_name: US Dollar
currency_iso_code: USD
currency_number: 840
currency_mnr_unts: 2
currency_symbol: $
- country_name: BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA
currency_name: US Dollar
currency_iso_code: USD
currency_number: 840
currency_mnr_unts: 2
currency_symbol: $
- country_name: BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY (THE)
currency_name: US Dollar
currency_iso_code: USD
currency_number: 840
currency_mnr_unts: 2
currency_symbol: $
- country_name: ECUADOR
currency_name: US Dollar
currency_iso_code: USD
currency_number: 840
currency_mnr_unts: 2
currency_symbol: $
- country_name: EL SALVADOR
currency_name: US Dollar
currency_iso_code: USD
currency_number: 840
currency_mnr_unts: 2
currency_symbol: $
- country_name: GUAM
currency_name: US Dollar
currency_iso_code: USD
currency_number: 840
currency_mnr_unts: 2
currency_symbol: $
- country_name: HAITI
currency_name: US Dollar
currency_iso_code: USD
currency_number: 840
currency_mnr_unts: 2
currency_symbol: $
- country_name: MARSHALL ISLANDS (THE)
currency_name: US Dollar
currency_iso_code: USD
currency_number: 840
currency_mnr_unts: 2
currency_symbol: $
- country_name: MICRONESIA (FEDERATED STATES OF)
currency_name: US Dollar
currency_iso_code: USD
currency_number: 840
currency_mnr_unts: 2
currency_symbol: $
- country_name: NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (THE)
currency_name: US Dollar
currency_iso_code: USD
currency_number: 840
currency_mnr_unts: 2
currency_symbol: $
- country_name: PALAU
currency_name: US Dollar
currency_iso_code: USD
currency_number: 840
currency_mnr_unts: 2
currency_symbol: $
- country_name: PANAMA
currency_name: US Dollar
currency_iso_code: USD
currency_number: 840
currency_mnr_unts: 2
currency_symbol: $
- country_name: PUERTO RICO
currency_name: US Dollar
currency_iso_code: USD
currency_number: 840
currency_mnr_unts: 2
currency_symbol: $
- country_name: TIMOR-LESTE
currency_name: US Dollar
currency_iso_code: USD
currency_number: 840
currency_mnr_unts: 2
currency_symbol: $
- country_name: TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS (THE)
currency_name: US Dollar
currency_iso_code: USD
currency_number: 840
currency_mnr_unts: 2
currency_symbol: $
- country_name: UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS (THE)
currency_name: US Dollar
currency_iso_code: USD
currency_number: 840
currency_mnr_unts: 2
currency_symbol: $
- country_name: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (THE)
currency_name: US Dollar
currency_iso_code: USD
currency_number: 840
currency_mnr_unts: 2
currency_symbol: $
- country_name: VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH)
currency_name: US Dollar
currency_iso_code: USD
currency_number: 840
currency_mnr_unts: 2
currency_symbol: $
- country_name: VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)
currency_name: US Dollar
currency_iso_code: USD
currency_number: 840
currency_mnr_unts: 2
currency_symbol: $
currency: USD
Response Structure
All API responses follow a consistent structure with the following fields:
Field | Type | Description | Example |
---|---|---|---|
status | string | Indicates whether the request was successful ("ok") or failed ("error") | ok |
error | string | null | Contains error message if status is "error", otherwise null | null |
data | object | null | Contains the API response data if successful, otherwise null | {...} |
Response Data Fields
When the request is successful, the data
object contains the following fields:
Field | Type | Sample Value |
---|---|---|
countriesFound | array | [{"country_name":"AMERICAN SAMOA","currency_name":"US Dollar","currency_iso_code":"USD","currency_number":"840","currency_mnr_unts":"2","currency_symbol":"$"}, ...] |
currency | string | "USD" |
Headers
Required and optional headers for API requests:
Header Name | Required | Example Value | Description |
---|---|---|---|
X-API-Key | Yes | your_api_key_here | Your APIVerve API key. Found in your dashboard under API Keys. |
Accept | No | application/json | Specify response format: application/json (default), application/xml, or application/yaml |
User-Agent | No | MyApp/1.0 | Identifies your application for analytics and debugging purposes |
X-Request-ID | No | req_123456789 | Custom request identifier for tracking and debugging requests |
Cache-Control | No | no-cache | Control caching behavior for the request and response |
Client Libraries
To get started with minimal code, most of our APIs are available through client libraries and clients:
Error Codes
The API uses standard HTTP status codes to indicate success or failure:
Status Code | Message | Description |
---|---|---|
200 | OK | Request successful, data returned |
400 | Bad Request | Invalid request parameters or malformed request |
401 | Unauthorized | Missing or invalid API key |
403 | Forbidden | API key does not have permission for this endpoint |
429 | Too Many Requests | Rate limit exceeded, please slow down requests |
500 | Internal Server Error | Server error, please try again later |
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