Does not exist any more
DashBarkHuss opened this issue · 9 comments
Looks like the site was sold to https://exchangeratesapi.io/ because the site now forwards there
Just wanted to tell you the same, our service also broke tonight
My app also broke. It took some googling, but it seems like https://exchangerate.host/ should work as a drop-in replacement. (Hopefully it lasts a little longer.) Good luck!
My app also broke. It took some googling, but it seems like https://exchangerate.host/ should work as a drop-in replacement. (Hopefully it lasts a little longer.) Good luck!
Can confirm, this one works, but the historical endpoint is slightly different, but you can migrate pretty quickly.
Thanks for the hint!
Service also broke, looks like the domain was sold.
This is the second free exchange rate api to close down on me. First exchangeratesapi.io was bought and the new owners made it paid. Then the same company bought ratesapi and shut it down. All within the last two months.
So I think it's better (depending on your project) to switch to a more reputable rate api with a limited free tier than a completely free one that's looking to be bought and shut down. I switched to https://www.exchangerate-api.com/ because they have a pretty good free tier with 1.5k requests a month and any base currency. They give an "update time" so you can use that to help cache responses and reduce your requests. The one @spurll suggested https://exchangerate.host/ is totally free so I would proceed cautiously because they may also be bought up by exchangeratesapi.io with no warning.
Thanks to @spurll suggestion, gonna switch to https://exchangerate.host/
I switched to http://api.exchangeratesapi.io/v1/latest using a free plan and wrote a converter so i can have alls other bases also.
Thought about going for a "free" tier of a paid platform (I have a base converter written already), but I've had plenty of bad experiences in the past with paid platforms changing the terms of service to render themselves unusable, so I don't particularly trust that approach either. YMMV. 😅
@spurll Actually I have too sort of. But the creator of exchangerate-api reached out to me after this. He actually has a totally free unlimited tier too, with an EOL field so that if he had to end it he would let every one know. That unlimited one does require attribution though. He's been operating for about 10 years and seems to be committed to staying around and not throwing any surprises at anyone.