Best ProShares UltraShort Gold (GLL) prices API in 2025

Exploring the Best ProShares UltraShort Gold (GLL) Prices API in 2025

Metals-API, which provides real-time data and insights into gold prices, and explore how this API can empower developers to create innovative applications that leverage precious metals data.

Metals-API Information

About Gold (XAU)

Metals-API Documentation provides comprehensive information on how to utilize this powerful tool to access gold prices and other precious metals data efficiently.

API Description

Key Features and Endpoints

• Latest Rates Endpoint: Depending on your subscription plan, this endpoint returns real-time exchange rate data updated every 60 minutes, every 10 minutes, or even more frequently. This feature is crucial for applications that require the most current pricing information.
• Historical Rates Endpoint: Access historical rates for most currencies dating back to 2019. By appending a specific date, developers can query the API for historical data, which is invaluable for trend analysis and forecasting.
• Bid And Ask Endpoint: This powerful feature enables users to retrieve real-time bid and ask prices, providing insights into market liquidity and pricing dynamics.
• Convert Endpoint: The Metals-API includes a currency conversion endpoint, allowing users to convert any amount from one currency to another, facilitating seamless transactions across different currencies.
• Time-Series Endpoint: This endpoint allows developers to query the API for daily historical rates between two dates of their choice, enabling comprehensive analysis of price movements over time.
• Fluctuation Endpoint: Users can retrieve information about how currencies fluctuate on a day-to-day basis, providing insights into market volatility and trends.
• Carat Endpoint: This unique feature allows users to retrieve information about gold rates by carat, catering to specific market needs.
• Lowest/Highest Price Endpoint: Query the API to get the lowest and highest prices for a specified date, which is essential for understanding market extremes.
• Open/High/Low/Close (OHLC) Price Endpoint: This endpoint provides open, high, low, and close prices for a specific date, offering a comprehensive view of market activity.
• Historical LME Endpoint: Access historical rates for LME symbols dating back to 2008, which is particularly useful for industrial metal analysis.
• API Key: The API Key is a unique identifier that must be passed into the API base URL's access_key parameter for authentication.
• API Response: Exchange rates delivered by the Metals-API are by default relative to USD, ensuring consistency across data retrieval.
• Available Endpoints: The API comes with multiple endpoints, each providing different functionalities tailored to various data needs.
• Supported Symbols Endpoint: This constantly updated endpoint returns all available currencies, ensuring developers have access to the latest data.
• Gold Price India Endpoint: Retrieve the latest gold price in India using this dedicated endpoint, which is crucial for regional market insights.
• News Endpoint: Stay updated with the latest news articles related to various metals, providing context and insights into market movements.

List of Symbols

Metals-API Supported Symbols page.

API Endpoint Examples and Responses

Latest Rates Endpoint

{
    "success": true,
    "timestamp": 1742086819,
    "base": "USD",
    "date": "2025-03-16",
    "rates": {
        "XAU": 0.000482,
        "XAG": 0.03815,
        "XPT": 0.000912,
        "XPD": 0.000744,
        "XCU": 0.294118,
        "XAL": 0.434783,
        "XNI": 0.142857,
        "XZN": 0.344828
    },
    "unit": "per troy ounce"
}

Historical Rates Endpoint

{
    "success": true,
    "timestamp": 1742000419,
    "base": "USD",
    "date": "2025-03-15",
    "rates": {
        "XAU": 0.000485,
        "XAG": 0.03825,
        "XPT": 0.000915,
        "XPD": 0.000748
    },
    "unit": "per troy ounce"
}

Time-series Endpoint

{
    "success": true,
    "timeseries": true,
    "start_date": "2025-03-09",
    "end_date": "2025-03-16",
    "base": "USD",
    "rates": {
        "2025-03-09": {
            "XAU": 0.000485,
            "XAG": 0.03825,
            "XPT": 0.000915
        },
        "2025-03-11": {
            "XAU": 0.000483,
            "XAG": 0.0382,
            "XPT": 0.000913
        },
        "2025-03-16": {
            "XAU": 0.000482,
            "XAG": 0.03815,
            "XPT": 0.000912
        }
    },
    "unit": "per troy ounce"
}

Convert Endpoint

{
    "success": true,
    "query": {
        "from": "USD",
        "to": "XAU",
        "amount": 1000
    },
    "info": {
        "timestamp": 1742086819,
        "rate": 0.000482
    },
    "result": 0.482,
    "unit": "troy ounces"
}

Fluctuation Endpoint

{
    "success": true,
    "fluctuation": true,
    "start_date": "2025-03-09",
    "end_date": "2025-03-16",
    "base": "USD",
    "rates": {
        "XAU": {
            "start_rate": 0.000485,
            "end_rate": 0.000482,
            "change": -3.0e-6,
            "change_pct": -0.62
        },
        "XAG": {
            "start_rate": 0.03825,
            "end_rate": 0.03815,
            "change": -0.0001,
            "change_pct": -0.26
        },
        "XPT": {
            "start_rate": 0.000915,
            "end_rate": 0.000912,
            "change": -3.0e-6,
            "change_pct": -0.33
        }
    },
    "unit": "per troy ounce"
}

OHLC (Open/High/Low/Close) Endpoint

{
    "success": true,
    "timestamp": 1742086819,
    "base": "USD",
    "date": "2025-03-16",
    "rates": {
        "XAU": {
            "open": 0.000485,
            "high": 0.000487,
            "low": 0.000481,
            "close": 0.000482
        },
        "XAG": {
            "open": 0.03825,
            "high": 0.0383,
            "low": 0.0381,
            "close": 0.03815
        },
        "XPT": {
            "open": 0.000915,
            "high": 0.000918,
            "low": 0.00091,
            "close": 0.000912
        }
    },
    "unit": "per troy ounce"
}

Bid/Ask Endpoint

{
    "success": true,
    "timestamp": 1742086819,
    "base": "USD",
    "date": "2025-03-16",
    "rates": {
        "XAU": {
            "bid": 0.000481,
            "ask": 0.000483,
            "spread": 2.0e-6
        },
        "XAG": {
            "bid": 0.0381,
            "ask": 0.0382,
            "spread": 0.0001
        },
        "XPT": {
            "bid": 0.000911,
            "ask": 0.000913,
            "spread": 2.0e-6
        }
    },
    "unit": "per troy ounce"
}

Conclusion

Metals-API serves as an essential tool for developers seeking to integrate real-time gold pricing data into their applications. With its comprehensive range of endpoints and capabilities, the Metals-API empowers developers to create innovative solutions that enhance trading strategies and market analysis.

Metals-API Documentation and explore the extensive range of supported symbols on the Metals-API Supported Symbols page. Embrace the future of trading with the Metals-API and unlock the potential of real-time metals data.