Google Currency Converter API - will it be closed using iGoogle?

Question

iGoogle disable .

There is a (undocumented?) Currency Conversion API available with URLs such as: http://www.google.com/ig/calculator?hl=en&q=1GBP=?USD

The base of this url - google.com/ig - will lead you to iGoogle. Will the API be available after iGoogle?

Answer 1

I had the exact same problem described here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/166778/

I used @hobailey's answer for a temporary fix until I can upgrade it to another version or google decides to make the correct api.

How Google Changed the URL to

https://www.google.com/finance/converter?a 

So, the fix found is below.

  $amount = urlencode($amount); $from_Currency = urlencode($from_Currency); $to_Currency = urlencode($to_Currency); $get = file_get_contents("https://www.google.com/finance/converter?a=$amount&from=$from_Currency&to=$to_Currency"); $get = explode("<span class=bld>",$get); $get = explode("</span>",$get[1]); $converted_amount = preg_replace("/[^0-9\.]/", null, $get[0]); 

thanks @hobailey for this little fix.

Answer 2

Alternatively, you can use the following:

• http://rate-exchange.appspot.com/currency?from=CAD&to=USD

• http://rate-exchange.herokuapp.com/fetchRate?from=CAD&to=USD

But the first of them is not one that is stable very often leaves the tank. We had an extreme problem in our production environment using the first exchange service a few months ago. So far, the second is stable, does not cause any problems.

Answer 3

iGoogle has already expired, but not the gadget link you posted. It currently returns 200 OK , possibly with your desired message.

Update: Expired. There are currently no gadgets.

Update: Available from here https://www.google.com/finance/converter?a=16.6700&from=GBP&to=USD

Answer 4

Free currency converter from http://mycurrency.net

• It is 100% free.
• No API key required!
• There is no limit to the frequency of API calls.
• The currency price is updated every two hours.
• Support for json format.
• Very fast and reliable.

• The api address is here. It returns 176 exchange rates along with the name of the country, country code, currency and currency. Base currency is USD.

  http://www.mycurrency.net/service/rates

There is also a free country flag API that you may also need. Just replace the country code.

 http://caches.space/flags/{countrycode}.png 

Example:

http://caches.space/flags/sg.png

http://caches.space/flags/us.png