Ultimate Real-Time Currency Converter API

A production-ready Apify Actor that provides real-time currency conversion and currency symbols data through a simple, developer‑friendly API.

This Actor supports over 1,400 global fiat and crypto currencies and is designed for fast, reliable, and scalable API usage.

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🚀 Features

• ✅ Real-time currency conversion
• ✅ Access to 1,400+ global fiat & crypto currency symbols
• ✅ Clean, structured JSON output
• ✅ Built with the modern Apify Python SDK
• ✅ Async & high-performance (aiohttp)
• ✅ Marketplace-ready API design

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🔗 Supported Operations

This Actor supports two operations, controlled by the operation_type input parameter.

1. List Currency Symbols

Fetch the complete list of supported currency symbols.

Endpoint used:

GET /currency_list

2. Convert Currency

Convert one currency to another in real time.

Endpoint used:

GET /real_time_convert

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📥 Input Parameters

Field	Type	Required	Description
operation_type	string	✅	Operation to run: list_symbols or convert_currency
from_currency	string	❌	Source currency code (default: USD)
to_currency	string	❌	Target currency code (default: EUR)
amount	number	❌	Amount to convert (default: 1)

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✅ Example Inputs

List Symbols

{
  "operation_type": "list_symbols"
}

Convert Currency

{
  "operation_type": "convert_currency",
  "from_currency": "USD",
  "to_currency": "EUR",
  "amount": 100
}

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📤 Output Schema

✅ List Symbols Output

{
  "operation": "list_symbols",
  "count": 1420,
  "symbols": [
    {
      "code": "EUR",
      "name": "Euro",
      "id": "17"
    }
  ]
}

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✅ Convert Currency Output

{
  "operation": "convert_currency",
  "from": "USD",
  "to": "EUR",
  "amount": 100,
  "calculated_amount": 91.42,
  "rate_from": "1 USD = ...",
  "rate_to": "1 EUR = ..."
}

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🧠 Use Cases

• Currency conversion APIs
• Financial dashboards
• Trading & forex automation
• Data analysis pipelines
• Web & mobile applications
• Market research and monitoring

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##🛠️ Technology Stack Python 3.11 Apify Python SDK aiohttp (async HTTP client)