FXP™ (Foreign Exchange Protocol™)

The Foreign Exchange Protocol™ (FXP) is a simple, automatic way of retrieving currency exchange rates over the Internet. Client software (Slave Server) will allow your computer to query a server at OANDA and have it convert amounts from one currency to another, using OANDA's database of daily exchange rates for 164 different currencies.

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Uses

  • display the prices on your web page in your customer's currency
  • automatically convert prices in expense reports, quotations, purchase orders, ...
  • produce currency exchange rate tables and graphs
  • use in any software that needs to convert currencies

Features

  • single conversions or time series
  • specify bid or ask prices
  • mean, minimum, and maximum prices available
  • historical rates; specify the day of the conversion from yesterday back as far as 1990 (for many currencies)
  • get a list of currency symbols
  • translate a currency symbol into the currency name

What is Available?

  • FXP Client Package: is a software package that contains a library of routines written in C which will contact an FXP server and convert currencies.
  • FXP Perl Package: is a Perl client package that uses FXP to conduct currency exchange routines using Perl. For more details, see FXP Perl Package description page.

Please contact us, if you require further information on OANDA's FXP software package.