Crypto Exchange Endpoint

The Crypto Exchange endpoint allows you to get the exchange of any cryptocurrency compared against USD or any other local currency

Crypto Exchange Endpoint

GET https://api-stg.directa24.com/v3/exchange_rates/crypto?currency={currency}&amount={amount}&crypto={crypto}

The Crypto Exchange endpoint allows you to get the exchange of any crypto currency compared against USD or any other local currency.

Query Parameters

Name	Type	Description
currency	string	USD or the country's local currency that will be used by the payer
amount	number	Amount in the previously specified currency. Used to calculate the exchange in the cryptocurrency specified below. Default: 1
crypto	string	Cryptocurrency symbol in which the amount will be converted to

Headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	string	"Bearer " + Read-Only API Key

200 Currency exchange correctly returned.

{
  "fx_rate": 5.8829,
  "converted_amount": 58.829,
  "fee": 0.64
}

401 Invalid credentials error

{
    "code": 100,
    "description": "Invalid credentials"
}

Please find all the country and currencies codes in the Countries Specifications section.

Description

The Crypto Exchange Endpoint allows you to convert any amount in USD or Local Currency to the specified Cryptocurrency.

Request

In order to start using the Crypto Exchange endpoint, you need to:

1. Send the request with GET method.

2. Specify a valid currency code in the request as QUERY PARAMS.
3. Specify the amount to convert.* If it's not specified, 1 is assumed.

4. Specify a valid cryptocurrency symbol that will be converted the amount to.

5. Send the Authorization header with your read-only API Key as Bearer as follows:

Authorization: Bearer your_read_only_key_here

Example request

cURL

curl --location --request GET 'https://api-stg.directa24.com/v3/exchange_rates/crypto?currency=BRL&crypto=USDT' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer your_read_only_key_here'

JAVA

import java.io.*;
import okhttp3.*;

public class main {
  public static void main(String []args) throws IOException{
    OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
      .build();
    Request request = new Request.Builder()
      .url("https://api-stg.directa24.com/v3/exchange_rates/crypto?currency=BRL&amount=1000&crypto=USDT")
      .method("GET", null)
      .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer your_read_only_key_here")
      .build();
    Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
    System.out.println(response.body().string());
  }
}

C#

using System;
using RestSharp;

namespace HelloWorldApplication {
    class HelloWorld {
        static void Main(string[] args) {
            var client = new RestClient("https://api-stg.directa24.com/v3/exchange_rates/crypto?currency=BRL&amount=1000&crypto=USDT");
            client.Timeout = -1;
            var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
            request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer your_read_only_key_here");
            IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
            Console.WriteLine(response.Content);
        }
    }
}

PHP

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api-stg.directa24.com/v3/exchange_rates/crypto?currency=BRL&amount=1000&crypto=USDT",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    "Authorization: Bearer your_read_only_key_here"
  ),
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $response;

Example Response

{
  "fx_rate": 5.8829,
  "converted_amount": 58.829,
  "fee": 0.64
}

Response fields

Field name	Format	Description
fx_rate	Number	Exchange rate of the cryptocurrency against the base currency
converted_amount	Number	Amount in the cryptocurrency specified. Default: 1
fee	Number	Fee for converting the specified amount to the cryptocurrency.