Gas Prices

Overview

Gas Prices is built on three official weekly surveys: the U.S. Energy Information Administration retail gasoline and diesel survey (since 1990, including nine states and ten metro areas), the European Commission Weekly Oil Bulletin for every EU member (since 2005) and the UK government weekly road fuel prices (since 2003). Each price is stored as published, in the currency drivers pay, and can be converted to any currency and to liters or gallons on request. Use it for fuel cost calculators, fleet budgeting, delivery surcharges and cross-country cost comparisons.

Live Test Gas Prices API →

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.

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curl "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/gasprices?country=US&area=CA&currency=USD&unit=liter&date=2024-06-15" \
  -H "x-api-key: your_api_key_here"

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const res = await fetch('https://api.apiverve.com/v1/gasprices?country=US&area=CA&currency=USD&unit=liter&date=2024-06-15', {
  headers: { 'x-api-key': 'your_api_key_here' },
});

if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${await res.text()}`);

const { data } = await res.json();
console.log(data);

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import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/gasprices?country=US&area=CA&currency=USD&unit=liter&date=2024-06-15",
    headers={"x-api-key": "your_api_key_here"},
    timeout=15,
)
res.raise_for_status()

print(res.json()["data"])

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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://api.apiverve.com/v1/gasprices?country=US&area=CA&currency=USD&unit=liter&date=2024-06-15", nil)
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "your_api_key_here")

	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()

	out, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(out))
}

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.

Parameters

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

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.

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{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "country": "US",
    "countryName": "United States",
    "area": "US",
    "areaName": "United States",
    "areaType": "national",
    "week": "2026-09-28",
    "currency": "USD",
    "unit": "gallon",
    "prices": {
      "regular": 4.465,
      "midgrade": 5.073,
      "premium": 5.482,
      "diesel": 6.382,
      "allGrades": 4.603,
      "lpg": null
    },
    "changeDirection": "down",
    "previousWeek": "2026-09-21",
    "weeklyChange": {
      "regular": -0.013,
      "midgrade": 0.012,
      "premium": 0.022,
      "diesel": -0.147,
      "allGrades": -0.007,
      "lpg": null
    },
    "yearAgoWeek": "2025-09-29",
    "yearlyChange": {
      "regular": 1.347,
      "midgrade": 1.366,
      "premium": 1.415,
      "diesel": 2.628,
      "allGrades": 1.355,
      "lpg": null
    },
    "nativeCurrency": "USD",
    "nativeUnit": "gallon",
    "exchangeRate": 1
  }
}

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.

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.

Use cases

Trip Fuel Cost Calculators

Estimate the fuel cost of a road trip by multiplying route distance and vehicle efficiency by the current price for the country, state or city being driven through.

Fleet Fuel Budgeting

Logistics teams forecast monthly fuel spend by tracking weekly diesel prices and the year-over-year change in every country their trucks operate in.

Delivery Fuel Surcharges

Couriers and freight brokers tie fuel surcharges to the weekly national diesel average so pricing adjusts automatically as pump prices move.

Cross-Country Cost Comparisons

Travel and relocation sites compare what drivers pay across Europe and the US by requesting every country in one currency and per liter.

Other ways to use Gas Prices

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

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