Open/High/Low/Close (OHLC) Price Endpoint

Metals-API open-high-low-close/YYYY-MM-DD endpoint allows you to query the API to get the open, high, low, and close price.

This endpoint has a limitation of one symbol per request.

API Request:

https://metals-api.com/api/open-high-low-close/YYYY-MM-DD
    ? access_key = API_KEY
    & base = XAU
    & symbols = USD

Run example in Postman

Request Parameters:

Parameter	Description
`YYYY-MM-DD`	[required] A date in the past or the current date.
`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": 1653931700,
"date": "2022-05-20",
"base": "XAU",
"symbol": "USD",
"rates": {
"open": 1841.1889341969709,
"high": 1851.6666851833336,
"low": 1816.419890887657,
"close": 1844.828964194302,
},
"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 the open, high, low, and close price.
`base`	Returns the symbol as base used for this request.
`symbol`	Returns the symbol used for this request.
`rates`	Returns the open, high, low, and close price for the requested symbol.

Example request in Postman:

https://metals-api.com/api/open-high-low-close/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:

1/0.00050428199599603 = 1983.0174544