UNunirateapi
Commodity

Get historical commodity prices for a specific date

Get historical commodity prices for a specific date with optional amount conversion (Pro subscription required). Precious metals history back to 1968 (gold/silver) and 1990 (platinum/palladium); energy, base-metal and agricultural history accrues daily from 2026-08. 19 commodities: gold, silver, platinum, palladium (troy oz); WTI and Brent crude (barrel), US Henry Hub natural gas (MMBtu); copper, aluminium, zinc, nickel, lead, tin (tonne); wheat, corn (tonne), coffee, sugar, cocoa, cotton (kg). Precious metals are blended live from LBMA and market feeds; energy, base metals and agriculturals are World Bank reference prices (CC BY 4.0, attribution: The World Bank).

get/api/commodities/historical/rates

Request

Query parameters

api_keystring required

API key for authentication (Pro tier required)

datestring required

Date in YYYY-MM-DD format

amountnumber

Amount to convert (optional)

fromstring

Base symbol (commodity code such as XAU, BRENT, XCU, WHEAT — or USD). Defaults to USD.

tostring

The symbol to convert to (optional). If not specified, returns prices for all commodities.

format'json' | 'xml' | 'csv' | 'tsv'

The format of the response (optional).

callbackstring

The name of the JSONP callback function (optional). Only used when format is 'json'. Must be alphanumeric with underscores.

Response

Historical commodity prices retrieved successfully.

Changes

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