API archive entry · source-reported

Frankfurter

Exchange rates, currency conversion and time series

Provider / source website

Decision snapshot

Frankfurter is catalogued as a Currency Exchange API from Frankfurter. The directory reports no auth authentication, HTTPS support, and CORS as yes.

Category
Currency Exchange
Authentication
No auth
HTTPS
Reported
CORS
Yes

Evaluation pathway

  1. Define endpoints, fields, freshness, and expected request volume.
  2. Read the live source and confirm access, terms, limits, and version.
  3. Test representative inputs, errors, latency, pagination, and data quality.
  4. Plan monitoring, retries, caching, version pinning, and a fallback.

What still needs verification

Pricing and quotas

Confirm current plans, free-tier limits, overages, and request ceilings.

Endpoint coverage

Check that the operations and response fields match the intended workload.

Reliability

Look for uptime history, a status page, support routes, and service commitments.

Data and privacy

Review retention, licensing, regional processing, and compliance requirements.

Versioning

Confirm the active version, change policy, deprecation window, and migration guidance.

Developer experience

Validate SDKs, examples, error formats, pagination, and test environments.

Nearby Currency Exchange options

api-mint

Free utility APIs: timezone, forex rates, crypto prices, page metadata

No auth · HTTPS reported · CORS Yes

Currency-api

Free Currency Exchange Rates API with 150+ Currencies & No Rate Limits

No auth · HTTPS reported · CORS Yes

National Bank of Poland

A collection of currency exchange rates (data in XML and JSON)

No auth · HTTPS reported · CORS Yes

Source reference

public-apis directory entry

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