---
title: "Get currency exchange rates"
method: GET
path: "/v1/exchange/rates/{currency}"
tags: ["v1 - Exchange"]
---

# Get currency exchange rates

`GET /v1/exchange/rates/{currency}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://light.inc` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://light.inc/v1/exchange/rates/{currency}`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `Authorization`
  - HTTP bearer

Returns exchange rates for the given currency against all available currencies

## Path parameters

- `currency` string, required

## Query parameters

- `date` string, date

## Response `default`

default response

- ExternalExchangeRateV1Model[]
  - `base` string
  - `target` string
  - `rate` number: Exchange rate between base and target currency
  - `effectiveDate` string, date: Effective date of the exchange rate. E.g., rate requested on Saturday will have the effective date Friday
  - `requestedDate` string, date: Date the exchange rate is requested for

---

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