Currency convert · GET Convert an amount to another currency

BeMap name: Currency convert · GET

GET/currency/1.0/convert

An amount in one currency converted to another, to show prices and costs in the reader's currency.

The whole description

In BeMap's words

Convert a currency to another.

Requires the Currency option. Allow to get currency information. Not enabled on your account? Ask your BeNomad contact.

Query parameters

fromstringrequiredquery
valuenumber (float)requiredquery
tostringrequiredquery

Response

200, schema CurrencyConvertResponse.

Response fields

lastUpdateinteger (int64)
valuenumber (float)

Errors

400 Bad Request, ErrorResponse
302 No credentials were sent. Do not follow the redirect.
401 The account or the API key is wrong.

How to read each one: Errors.

Reference pages

Currency convert

Request

curl -X GET 'https://bemap.benomad.com/bgis/service/currency/1.0/convert?from=USD&value=100&to=EUR' \
  -u 'YOUR_ACCOUNT:YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --fail-with-body

const response = await fetch('https://bemap.benomad.com/bgis/service/currency/1.0/convert?from=USD&value=100&to=EUR', {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Basic ' + btoa('YOUR_ACCOUNT:YOUR_API_KEY'),
  },
  redirect: 'manual', // a missing credential answers 302: never follow it
});

if (response.type === 'opaqueredirect' || (response.status >= 300 && response.status < 400)) throw new Error('BeMap redirected to its login page: no credentials reached it');
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`BeMap answered ${response.status}: ${await response.text()}`);
const data = await response.json();

import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://bemap.benomad.com/bgis/service/currency/1.0/convert?from=USD&value=100&to=EUR",
    auth=("YOUR_ACCOUNT", "YOUR_API_KEY"),
    allow_redirects=False,  # a missing credential answers 302: never follow it
)
if response.is_redirect:
    raise RuntimeError("BeMap redirected to its login page: no credentials reached it")
if response.status_code != 200:
    raise RuntimeError(f"BeMap answered {response.status_code}: {response.text}")
data = response.json()

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.util.Base64;

String auth = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString("YOUR_ACCOUNT:YOUR_API_KEY".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));

HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create("https://bemap.benomad.com/bgis/service/currency/1.0/convert?from=USD&value=100&to=EUR"))
    .header("Authorization", "Basic " + auth)
    .GET()
    .build();

// HttpClient never follows redirects by default: a 302 means a missing credential.
HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
    .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
if (response.statusCode() / 100 == 3) throw new IllegalStateException("BeMap redirected to its login page: no credentials reached it");
if (response.statusCode() != 200) throw new IllegalStateException("BeMap answered " + response.statusCode() + ": " + response.body());
String json = response.body();

<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://bemap.benomad.com/bgis/service/currency/1.0/convert?from=USD&value=100&to=EUR');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_USERPWD => 'YOUR_ACCOUNT:YOUR_API_KEY',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => false, // a missing credential answers 302: never follow it
]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
if ($response === false) throw new RuntimeException(curl_error($ch));
$status = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);
if ($status >= 300 && $status < 400) throw new RuntimeException('BeMap redirected to its login page: no credentials reached it');
if ($status !== 200) throw new RuntimeException("BeMap answered $status: $response");

$data = json_decode($response, true);

using System.Net;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;

// AllowAutoRedirect = false: a missing credential answers 302, never follow it.
var client = new HttpClient(new HttpClientHandler { AllowAutoRedirect = false });
var token = Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("YOUR_ACCOUNT:YOUR_API_KEY"));
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", token);

var response = await client.GetAsync("https://bemap.benomad.com/bgis/service/currency/1.0/convert?from=USD&value=100&to=EUR");
if ((int)response.StatusCode / 100 == 3) throw new HttpRequestException("BeMap redirected to its login page: no credentials reached it");
if (response.StatusCode != HttpStatusCode.OK) throw new HttpRequestException($"BeMap answered {(int)response.StatusCode}: {await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync()}");
var json = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

Response · 200

{
  "lastUpdate": 1790920561216,
  "value": 85.31106
}

Captured from production.

Build with AI

Write the code that calls the BeMap API operation "Currency convert · GET": GET https://bemap.benomad.com/bgis/service/currency/1.0/convert

- Authenticate with HTTP Basic: the BeMap account as the user name, the API key as the password. Do not follow redirects: a 302 means the credentials were not sent.
- Query parameters: `from` (required), `value` (required), `to` (required).
- Use only the fields the reference lists: BeMap ignores an unknown field name without an error, so a misspelt field configures nothing.
- A 400 with "Access Denied" means the account lacks the Currency option; a 401, a wrong account or key.

Reference, with every field and what each value means: https://benomad.com/dev/doc/bemap-api/api/map-context/currency-convert-get.md

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