# FX Spot Rate

`GET` `https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/forex/rate`

**Requires Advanced+ tier (Advanced, Enterprise, or Enterprise + Kafka).** Realtime spot exchange rate between two currencies.

## Authentication

```
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```

## Query Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `from` | string | Yes | From currency code (ISO 4217). |
| `to` | string | Yes | To currency code (ISO 4217). |


## Response (200)

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `ask` | number |  |
| `bid` | number |  |
| `from` | string |  |
| `last_refreshed` | string |  |
| `rate` | number |  |
| `time_zone` | string |  |
| `to` | string |  |


## Example

### curl

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/forex/rate?from=USD&to=EUR" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"
```

### Python

```python
import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.unusualwhales.com")
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Accept": "application/json"}
conn.request("GET", "/api/forex/rate?from=USD&to=EUR", headers=headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
print(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
```

## Response Example

```json
{
  "data": {
    "ask": 0.0,
    "bid": 0.0,
    "from": "string",
    "last_refreshed": "string",
    "rate": 0.0
  }
}
```