EnergypriceAPI

energypriceapi is the official Node.js wrapper for EnergypriceAPI.com. This allows you to quickly integrate our foreign exchange rate API and currency conversion API into your application. Check https://energypriceapi.com documentation for more information.

Installation

NPM

$ npm i energypriceapi

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Usage

const api = require('energypriceapi');

api.setAPIKey('SET_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE');
await api.fetchLive('USD', ['BRENT','GASOLINE','NATURALGAS','WTI']);

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Documentation

setAPIKey(apiKey)

• apiKey <string> API Key

In order to use this library, you must first call this function with an API key.

api.setAPIKey('SET_YOUR_API_KEY_HERE');

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fetchSymbols()

await api.fetchSymbols();

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fetchLive(base, currencies)

• base <string> Optional. Pass in a base currency, defaults to USD.
• currencies <Array<string>> Optional. Pass in an array of currencies to return values for.

await api.fetchLive('USD', ['BRENT','GASOLINE','NATURALGAS','WTI']);

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fetchHistorical(date, base, currencies)

• date <string> Required. Pass in a string with format YYYY-MM-DD
• base <string> Optional. Pass in a base currency, defaults to USD.
• currencies <Array<string>> Optional. Pass in an array of currencies to return values for.

await api.fetchHistorical('2021-04-05', 'USD', ['BRENT','GASOLINE','NATURALGAS','WTI']);

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convert(from, to, amount, date)

• from <string> Optional. Pass in a base currency, defaults to USD.
• to <string> Required. Specify currency you would like to convert to.
• amount <number> Required. The amount to convert.
• date <string> Optional. Specify date to use historical midpoint value for conversion with format YYYY-MM-DD. Otherwise, it will use live exchange rate date if value not passed in.

await api.convert('USD', 'EUR', 100, '2021-04-05');

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timeframe(start_date, end_date, base, currencies)

• start_date <string> Required. Specify the start date of your timeframe using the format YYYY-MM-DD.
• end_date <string> Required. Specify the end date of your timeframe using the format YYYY-MM-DD.
• base <string> Optional. Pass in a base currency, defaults to USD.
• currencies <Array<string>> Optional. Pass in an array of currencies to return values for.

await api.timeframe('2021-04-05', '2021-04-06', 'USD', ['BRENT','GASOLINE','NATURALGAS','WTI']);

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change(start_date, end_date, base, currencies)

• start_date <string> Required. Specify the start date of your timeframe using the format YYYY-MM-DD.
• end_date <string> Required. Specify the end date of your timeframe using the format YYYY-MM-DD.
• base <string> Optional. Pass in a base currency, defaults to USD.
• currencies <Array<string>> Optional. Pass in an array of currencies to return values for.

await api.change('2021-04-05', '2021-04-06', 'USD', ['BRENT','GASOLINE','NATURALGAS','WTI']);

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Official documentation

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FAQ

• How do I get an API Key?

  Free API Keys are available here.

• I want more information

  Checkout our FAQs here.

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