Foreign exchange

Exchange money

Exchange money using one of these methods:

Sell currency: You know the amount of currency to sell. For example, you want to exchange 135.5 USD to some EUR.

Specify the amount in the from object.
Buy currency: You know the amount of currency to buy. For example, you want to exchange some USD to 200 EUR.

Specify the amount in the to object.

:::note You must specify the amount field only once, either in the from object or in the to object. :::

You can check the currencies supported in Production in the Revolut Help Centre. Some of these currencies might not be available in Sandbox.

For more information, see the guides: Exchange money.

post/exchange

Request

Base URL
https://b2b.revolut.com/api/1.0
Auth
HTTP bearer

Request body

referencestring

The reference for the exchange transaction, provided by you. It helps you to identify the transaction if you want to look it up later.

request_idstring required

The ID of the request, provided by you. It helps you identify the transaction in your system.

:::warning To ensure that an exchange transaction is not processed multiple times if there are network or system errors, the same request_id should be used for requests related to the same transaction. :::

exchange_reason_codestring

The reason code for the exchange. Depending on the country and the amount of funds to be exchanged, you might be required to provide an exchange reason. You can check available reason codes with the GET /exchange-reasons operation.

If an exchange reason is not required, this field is ignored.

Example request

{
  "exchange_reason_code": "fund_transfer_and_intracompany_payment"
}

Response

Exchange operation details

idstring uuid

The ID of the created transaction.

typestring

The type of the transaction. For money exchange, it is exchange.

reason_codestring

The reason why the transaction was failed or declined.

Present only when the state parameter of the transaction is declined or failed.

created_atstring date-time

The date and time the transaction was created in ISO 8601 format.

completed_atstring date-time

The date and time the transaction was completed in ISO 8601 format.

Indicates the transaction state. Possible values:

Value	Description
created	The transaction has been created and is either processed asynchronously or scheduled for a later time.
pending	The transaction is pending until it's being processed. If the transfer is made between Revolut accounts, this state is skipped and the transaction is executed instantly.
completed	The transaction was successful.
declined	The transaction was unsuccessful. This can happen for a variety of reasons, for example, insufficient account balance, wrong receiver information, etc.
failed	The transaction was unsuccessful. This can happen for a variety of reasons, for example, invalid API calls, blocked payments, etc.
reverted	The transaction was reverted. This can happen for a variety of reasons, for example, the receiver being inaccessible.

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.