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Get gold price in Python
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gold_price_foreign_exchange_rates.py
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)
# get price is MXN
url = 'https://api.metalpriceapi.com/v1/latest?api_key=[API_KEY]&base=MXN&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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