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import requests
# get price in USD
url = 'https://api.metalpriceapi.com/v1/latest?api_key=[API_KEY]&base=USD&currencies=XAU'
r = requests.get(url)
gold_dict = r.json()
rate = gold_dict["rates"]["XAU"]
gold_price = 1/rate
print(gold_price)
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StevenTso / gold_silver_rates.php
Last active July 24, 2022 16:33
How to fetch Live Real-Time Gold and Silver Rates with API
<!-- https://metalpriceapi.com/ -->
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
// metalpriceapi.com
curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.metalpriceapi.com/v1/latest?api_key=REPLACE_ME&base=USD&currencies=XAU,XAG,EUR',
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',