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Currency single rate Get one exchange rate

BeMap name: Currency single rate

GET/currency/1.0/rate

The exchange rate of one currency.

The whole description

In BeMap's words

To get single currency rate for a currency code.

To get single currency rate for a currency code.

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

Query parameters

codestringrequiredquery

Response

200, schema CurrencyRateResponse.

Response fields

lastUpdateinteger (int64)
Time stamp of data will be updated.
rateCurrency
Rate of currency.
Currency fields
- updateDateinteger (int64)
  Update date, time stamp in milliseconds.
- basestring
  Base of rate. Currency ISO 4217 Code.
- codestring
  Currency ISO 4217 Code.
- ratenumber (float)
  Rate of currency.
- labelstring
  Label / name of currency.

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 single rate

Request

curl -X GET 'https://bemap.benomad.com/bgis/service/currency/1.0/rate?code=USD' \
  -u 'YOUR_ACCOUNT:YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --fail-with-body

const response = await fetch('https://bemap.benomad.com/bgis/service/currency/1.0/rate?code=USD', {
  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/rate?code=USD",
    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/rate?code=USD"))
    .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
$ch = curl_init('https://bemap.benomad.com/bgis/service/currency/1.0/rate?code=USD');
curl_setopt_array($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/rate?code=USD");
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": 1790905053001,
  "rate": {
    "updateDate": 1766073365786,
    "base": "EUR",
    "code": "USD",
    "rate": 1.172181,
    "label": "United States Dollar"
  }
}

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

- 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: `code` (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-rate.md

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