Lowest/Highest Price Endpoint

Metals-API lowest-highest/YYYY-MM-DD endpoint allows you to query the API to get the lowest and highest price.

This endpoint has a limitation of one symbol per request.

API Request:

https://metals-api.com/api/lowest-highest/YYYY-MM-DD
    ? access_key = API_KEY
    & base = USD
    & symbols = XAU

Run example in Postman

Request Parameters:

Parameter	Description
`YYYY-MM-DD`	[required] A date in the past or the current date for which the lowest and highest price is requested.
`access_key`	[required] Your API Key.
`base`	[required] Enter a metal symbol or currency.
`symbols`	[required] Enter one symbol metal or currency to limit the output.

API Response:

{
"success": true,
"timestamp": 1641842149,
"date": "2022-01-01",
"base": "USD",
"symbol": "XAU",
"rates": {
"low": 0.0005470547,
"high": 0.00054754153,
},
"unit": "per ounce"
}

Response Objects:

Response Object	Description
`success`	Returns true or false depending on whether or not your API request has succeeded.
`date`	Returns the date for which the lowest and highest price was requested
`base`	Returns the symbol as base used for this request.
`symbol`	Returns the symbol used for this request.
`rates`	Returns the lowest and highest price for the requested symbol.

Example request in Postman:

https://metals-api.com/api/lowest-highest/2023-12-11?access_key=YOUR_API_KEY&symbols=XAU&base=USD

In the case of using USD as the base, you will need to perform 1/value. For example:

1/0.00050595962442197 = 1976.44229249