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Historical Archive (Date)

GET /history/date/:date

Access the deep historical exchange rate archive with data going back to January 1999, sourced from the European Central Bank. Retrieve rates for any single date in the archive by providing it in the URL path. Supports base currency and symbol filtering. Ideal for academic research, long-term trend analysis, historical financial reporting, and apps that need exchange rates from specific past events.

Parameters

date required

Date in URL (YYYY-MM-DD)

base optional

Base currency

symbols optional

Target currencies

Example Requests

Basic usage
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/history/date/2008-09-15?base=USD&symbols=EUR,GBP"
Lehman Brothers collapse day rates
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/history/date/2008-09-15?base=USD&symbols=EUR,GBP"
Brexit vote day rates
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/history/date/2016-06-24?base=GBP"
COVID crash rates in Nordic currencies
curl "https://nordapi.ee/api/v1/history/date/2020-03-12?base=EUR&symbols=NOK,SEK,DKK"

Live Response

{
  "data": {
    "base": "USD",
    "date": "2008-09-15",
    "rates": {
      "EUR": 0.70666,
      "GBP": 0.56106
    }
  },
  "success": true
}

Example Response

{"success":true,"data":{"base":"USD","date":"2008-09-15","rates":{"EUR":0.703,"GBP":0.564}}}