Download LME Lead (LME-LEAD) Historical Prices using this API

Download LME Lead (LME-LEAD) Historical Prices using this API

Metals-API offers a powerful solution. This API provides real-time and historical data on various metals, including lead, enabling users to make informed decisions based on comprehensive analytics and insights.

Metals-API Information

About Lead (LME-LEAD)

API Description

• 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 ensures that users have access to the most current market information.
• Historical Rates Endpoint: Users can access historical rates for most currencies dating back to 2019. By appending a date to the API request, developers can retrieve historical lead prices, which is essential for trend analysis and forecasting.
• Bid And Ask Endpoint: This powerful feature allows users to retrieve real-time bid and ask prices for lead, providing insights into market liquidity and pricing dynamics.
• Convert Endpoint: The API includes a currency conversion endpoint, enabling users to convert any amount from one currency to another, facilitating seamless transactions.
• Time-Series Endpoint: This endpoint allows users to query the API for daily historical rates between two dates of their choice, making it easier to analyze price movements over time.
• Fluctuation Endpoint: Users can track how lead prices fluctuate on a day-to-day basis, providing valuable insights into market volatility.
• Lowest/Highest Price Endpoint: This endpoint allows users to query the API to get the lowest and highest price of lead over a specified period, aiding in market analysis.
• Open/High/Low/Close (OHLC) Price Endpoint: Users can retrieve open, high, low, and close prices for lead, which are critical for technical analysis.
• Historical LME Endpoint: This endpoint provides access to historical rates for LME symbols, including lead, dating back to 2008, allowing for extensive historical analysis.
• API Key: Users must pass their unique API key into the API base URL's access_key parameter to authenticate their requests.
• API Response: The Metals-API delivers exchange rates relative to USD by default, ensuring consistency in data interpretation.
• Available Endpoints: The API comes with a constantly updated endpoint returning all available currencies and metals, ensuring users have access to the latest information.
• News Endpoint: Users can retrieve the latest news articles related to various metals, keeping them informed about market developments.

Key Features and Endpoints

Latest Rates Endpoint

{
    "success": true,
    "timestamp": 1753920868,
    "base": "USD",
    "date": "2025-07-31",
    "rates": {
        "LME-LEAD": 0.000482
    },
    "unit": "per metric ton"
}

Historical Rates Endpoint

{
    "success": true,
    "timestamp": 1753834468,
    "base": "USD",
    "date": "2025-07-30",
    "rates": {
        "LME-LEAD": 0.000485
    },
    "unit": "per metric ton"
}

Time-Series Endpoint

{
    "success": true,
    "timeseries": true,
    "start_date": "2025-07-24",
    "end_date": "2025-07-31",
    "base": "USD",
    "rates": {
        "2025-07-24": {
            "LME-LEAD": 0.000485
        },
        "2025-07-31": {
            "LME-LEAD": 0.000482
        }
    },
    "unit": "per metric ton"
}

Convert Endpoint

{
    "success": true,
    "query": {
        "from": "USD",
        "to": "LME-LEAD",
        "amount": 1000
    },
    "info": {
        "timestamp": 1753920868,
        "rate": 0.000482
    },
    "result": 0.482,
    "unit": "metric tons"
}

Fluctuation Endpoint

{
    "success": true,
    "fluctuation": true,
    "start_date": "2025-07-24",
    "end_date": "2025-07-31",
    "base": "USD",
    "rates": {
        "LME-LEAD": {
            "start_rate": 0.000485,
            "end_rate": 0.000482,
            "change": -3.0e-6,
            "change_pct": -0.62
        }
    },
    "unit": "per metric ton"
}

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

{
    "success": true,
    "timestamp": 1753920868,
    "base": "USD",
    "date": "2025-07-31",
    "rates": {
        "LME-LEAD": {
            "open": 0.000485,
            "high": 0.000487,
            "low": 0.000481,
            "close": 0.000482
        }
    },
    "unit": "per metric ton"
}

Bid/Ask Endpoint

{
    "success": true,
    "timestamp": 1753920868,
    "base": "USD",
    "date": "2025-07-31",
    "rates": {
        "LME-LEAD": {
            "bid": 0.000481,
            "ask": 0.000483,
            "spread": 2.0e-6
        }
    },
    "unit": "per metric ton"
}

List of Symbols

Metals-API Supported Symbols page. This resource is invaluable for developers looking to integrate various metals into their applications.

Conclusion

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