Obtain Silver Mar 2025 (SIH26) Historical Prices via this API

Obtain Silver Mar 2025 (SIH26) Historical Prices via this API
Metals-API provides a robust solution for accessing real-time and historical data on silver prices, empowering developers to build next-generation applications that leverage this data effectively.
About Silver (XAG)
Metals-API Documentation provides comprehensive guidelines on how to utilize their API to access this critical data, enabling developers to create applications that can analyze trends and forecast future prices.
API Description
Key Features and Endpoints
- Latest Rates Endpoint: This endpoint provides real-time exchange rate data for silver and other metals. Depending on your subscription plan, the API updates this data every 60 minutes or every 10 minutes, ensuring that you have access to the most current pricing information.
- Historical Rates Endpoint: Access historical rates for silver dating back to 2019. By appending a specific date to your query, you can retrieve the price of silver on that date, allowing for detailed analysis of price trends over time.
- Bid And Ask Endpoint: This feature enables you to retrieve real-time bid and ask prices for silver, providing insights into market conditions and helping traders make informed decisions.
- Convert Endpoint: The conversion endpoint allows you to convert any amount from one metal to another or to/from USD. This is particularly useful for applications that require dynamic currency conversion based on current market rates.
- Time-Series Endpoint: Query the API for daily historical rates between two dates of your choice. This endpoint is invaluable for conducting in-depth analyses of price movements over specific periods.
- Fluctuation Endpoint: Track how silver prices fluctuate on a day-to-day basis. This endpoint provides insights into market volatility, which can be crucial for traders and analysts.
- Open/High/Low/Close (OHLC) Price Endpoint: Retrieve detailed OHLC data for silver, which is essential for technical analysis and understanding market trends.
- Historical LME Endpoint: Access historical rates for LME symbols, dating back to 2008. This endpoint is particularly useful for those interested in the London Metal Exchange pricing.
- API Key: Your unique API key is required to access the Metals-API. This key is passed into the API base URL's access_key parameter, ensuring secure access to the data.
- API Response: The API delivers exchange rates relative to USD by default, with all data returned in a structured JSON format, making it easy to integrate into applications.
- Supported Symbols Endpoint: This endpoint provides a constantly updated list of all available metal symbols, ensuring that developers have access to the latest data.
- News Endpoint: Retrieve the latest news articles related to various metals, keeping you informed about market trends and developments.
API Endpoint Examples and Responses
Latest Rates Endpoint
{
"success": true,
"timestamp": 1754834435,
"base": "USD",
"date": "2025-08-10",
"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": 1754748035,
"base": "USD",
"date": "2025-08-09",
"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": "2025-08-03",
"end_date": "2025-08-10",
"base": "USD",
"rates": {
"2025-08-03": {
"XAU": 0.000485,
"XAG": 0.03825,
"XPT": 0.000915
},
"2025-08-05": {
"XAU": 0.000483,
"XAG": 0.0382,
"XPT": 0.000913
},
"2025-08-10": {
"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": 1754834435,
"rate": 0.000482
},
"result": 0.482,
"unit": "troy ounces"
}
Fluctuation Endpoint
{
"success": true,
"fluctuation": true,
"start_date": "2025-08-03",
"end_date": "2025-08-10",
"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": 1754834435,
"base": "USD",
"date": "2025-08-10",
"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": 1754834435,
"base": "USD",
"date": "2025-08-10",
"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 Documentation and explore the Metals-API Supported Symbols to find the data you need. With the right implementation strategies and a deep understanding of the API's capabilities, you can unlock the full potential of silver and other metals in your applications.