Commodity Prices API

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Metals Prices API

The Metals Prices API provides a list of the spot and historical prices of ten essential metals: gold, silver, copper, platinum, HRC steel, steel, lithium, titanium, iron ore and palladium. Many global industries are dependent on real-time, historical and future metals prices as they use them for determining current selling prices, but also forecasting future ones. More than half of the metals provided via Finnworlds Metals Prices API have historical coverage of more than 13 years while only a few have  historical coverage of 2 years. The commodity prices of metals are highly demanded as the data is used for analyzing global industrial trends, building platforms and application that allow users to trade metals.

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Energy Prices API

The Energy Prices API gives you an immediate access to real-time and historical energy commodities prices. Having in advance the prices of key energy commodities gives you an advantage, as you are better informed about the ongoing price fluctuations occurring in the energy industry. You get spot and historical prices of the following energy commodities: coal, crude oil, natural gas, UK gas, TTF gas, heating oil, gasoline, propane, naptha, urals oil, brent, ethanol, methanol and uranium. Most of the fossil fuels have historical coverage of more than 15 years while a few of them have historical coverage of up to 10 years. The Energy Prices API is widely used in creating apps and platform for tracking the price fluctuations on the energy market. Some users get the energy prices data to visualize their own analysis and forecast on the development of the global energy industry especially in times of crisis.

Livestock Prices API

The Livestock Prices API provides a list of the current and historical prices of eight essential livestock commodities: live cattle, feeder cattle, poultry, beef, salmon, lean hogs, eggs CH and eggs US. The minimum historical coverage for a livestock commodity is 9 years while the maximum is more than 20. By using the Livestock Prices API, you can keep track of the price changes on the livestock market. You can also analyze the growth of other industries that use historical and real-time livestock prices.

Industrial Prices API

The Industrial Prices API and Database gives you an immediate access to industrial commodity prices data. This data covers the following twenty-four industrial commodities: zinc, aluminum, cobalt, lead, tin, bitumen, nickel, palladium, rhodium, molybdenum, polyvinyl, polyethylene, plypropylene, neodymium, tellurium, soda ash, manganese, magnesium, manganese, germanium, gallium, urea ammonium, di-ammonium, iron ore 62%, and urea. Most of the industrial commodities have historical coverage of more than 15 years while a few of them have historical coverage of up to 10 years. The industrial commodity prices data is highly demanded in various global manufacturing industries since goods are made out of industrial chemicals. Data users running businesses in the manufacturing industries track regularly historical, current and future industrial prices as in this way they can calculate realistic selling prices of their final good.

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Agricultural Prices API

The Agricultural Prices API is a quick data delivery format via which you get spot and historical prices of twenty-one fundamental agricultural commodities. The agricultural prices data is maintained for cocoa, coffee, tea, milk, orange juice, soybeans, rice, wheat, oat, corn, sugar, butter, cheese, potatoes, canola, palm oil, sunflower oil, rapeseed oil, wool, lumber and rubber. Each agricultural commodity has an individual historical coverage. The minimum historical coverage for an agricultural commodity is 7 years while the maximum is more than 100. The Agricultural Prices API is popular with data users who want to assess volatility risks that are typical of basic foodstuff, tropical products and raw materials. Moreover, some data users tend to create platforms and charts where they can easily visualize the agricultural price changes.

How many API calls?

Starter

25.000 calls
40 calls/min

Developers

85.000 calls
120 calls/min

Enterprise

200.000 calls
300 calls/min

Individual

10.000 calls
15 calls/min


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Starter

Includes

(Other APIs coming soon!)

$199

$19,-

The discounted price is for the initial month, allowing developers to test and implement the API without being charged the full price. The subscription is automatically renewed each month at the normal rate of 199$ for the Starter package. In case the API is not what you are looking for, you can cancel 10 days before renewal by emailing to support@finnworlds.com. If you have questions about our premium monthly subscription packages, contact support@finnworlds.com.

Also see our Cancellation Policy and Terms and Conditions.

Developers

Includes

(Other APIs coming soon!)

$499

$49,-

The discounted price is for the initial month, allowing developers to test and implement the API without being charged the full price. The subscription is automatically renewed each month at the normal rate of 499$ for the Developers package. In case the API is not what you are looking for, you can cancel 10 days before renewal by emailing to support@finnworlds.com. If you have questions about our premium monthly subscription packages, contact support@finnworlds.com.

Also see our Cancellation Policy and Terms and Conditions.

Enterprise

Includes

(Other APIs coming soon!)

$1000

$99,-

The discounted price is for the initial month, allowing developers to test and implement the API without being charged the full price. The subscription is automatically renewed each month at the normal rate of 1000$ for the Enterprise package. In case the API is not what you are looking for, you can cancel 10 days before renewal by emailing to support@finnworlds.com. If you have questions about our premium monthly subscription packages, contact support@finnworlds.com.

Also see our Cancellation Policy and Terms and Conditions.

Individual

Includes

(Other APIs coming soon!)

$99

$9,-

The discounted price is for the initial month, allowing developers to test and implement the API without being charged the full price. The subscription is automatically renewed each month at the normal rate of 99$ for the Individual package. In case the API is not what you are looking for, you can cancel 10 days before renewal by emailing to support@finnworlds.com. If you have questions about our premium monthly subscription packages, contact support@finnworlds.com.

Also see our Cancellation Policy and Terms and Conditions.

Formats to Download the Data

The commodity prices data is accessible in three main formats. In this way, Finnworlds fully addresses your needs for data delivery formats. Request your data format and get commodity prices data instantly. No matter the format of your choice, you obtain commodity prices data without any differences in the data transfer time. Please, contact support@finnworlds.com for notifying which data format you prefer. You can always change the data delivery format.  

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Excel and CSV
If you choose this data format, you will access commodity prices data through database downloads formatted as either Excel or CSV files.
E-mail link
If you choose this data format, you will receive an email containing a link through which you can download commodity prices data.
Pdf Report
If you choose this data format, you will get commodity prices data in a downloadable PDF report.

Developer Notes

The Commodity Pricees API returns data in JSON format with response times around 0.3 ms depending on the load of the data requested in one call. It is important to rapidly access the most recent data available on the financial commodity markets. With server uptimes at 99.5%, accessibility is at high levels. You can query based on either the category of the commodity or its name. The endpoint for each is only slightly different. If you select category as a filtering parameter, then you get the prices of all commodities for this category. If you select name as a filter, then you get the prices of only one particular commodity.The API was created to address the needs of developers, businesses, and hobbyists with all levels of experience. You can use it with any of the leading software development kits and all major programming and scripting languages.

				
					https://api.finnworlds.com/api/v1/commodities
    ?key=API-key
        &category=energy
{
    "status": {
        "code": 200,
        "message": "OK",
        "details": ""
    },
    "result": {
        "output": [
            {
                "category": "energy",
                "commodity_name": "brent",
                "commodity_unit": "usd/bbl",
                "commodity_price": "90.398",
                "price_change_day": "1.222",
                "percentage_day": "-1.33%",
                "percentage_week": "-4.13%",
                "percentage_month": "-0.29%",
                "percentage_year": "6.25%",
                "quarter4_22": "104.512",
                "quarter1_23": "105.802",
                "quarter2_23": "95.713",
                "quarter3_23": "99.325",
                "date": "2022:10:18"
            },
            {
                "category": "energy",
                "commodity_name": "coal",
                "commodity_unit": "usd/t",
                "commodity_price": "392.15",
                "price_change_day": "0.35",
                "percentage_day": "-0.09%",
                "percentage_week": "1.46%",
                "percentage_month": "-10.68%",
                "percentage_year": "63.84%",
                "quarter4_22": "462.47",
                "quarter1_23": "500.994",
                "quarter2_23": "419.46",
                "quarter3_23": "446.338",
                "date": "2022:10:17"
            },
            {
                "category": "energy",
                "commodity_name": "crude oil",
                "commodity_unit": "usd/bbl",
                "commodity_price": "83.585",
                "price_change_day": "1.876",
                "percentage_day": "-2.19%",
                "percentage_week": "-6.45%",
                "percentage_month": "-2.08%",
                "percentage_year": "2.56%",
                "quarter4_22": "98.313",
                "quarter1_23": "98.617",
                "quarter2_23": "90.471",
                "quarter3_23": "93.342",
                "date": "2022:10:18"
            },
            {
                "category": "energy",
                "commodity_name": "ethanol",
                "commodity_unit": "usd/gal",
                "commodity_price": "2.415",
                "price_change_day": "0.0100",
                "percentage_day": "-0.41%",
                "percentage_week": "-0.82%",
                "percentage_month": "-1.83%",
                "percentage_year": "-2.42%",
                "quarter4_22": "2.743",
                "quarter1_23": "2.764",
                "quarter2_23": "2.553",
                "quarter3_23": "2.608",
                "date": "2022:10:17"
            },
            {
                "category": "energy",
                "commodity_name": "gasoline",
                "commodity_unit": "usd/gal",
                "commodity_price": "2.558",
                "price_change_day": "0.0351",
                "percentage_day": "-1.35%",
                "percentage_week": "-2.64%",
                "percentage_month": "5.92%",
                "percentage_year": "3.33%",
                "quarter4_22": "2.956",
                "quarter1_23": "3.102",
                "quarter2_23": "2.696",
                "quarter3_23": "2.815",
                "date": "2022:10:18"
            },
            {
                "category": "energy",
                "commodity_name": "heating oil",
                "commodity_unit": "usd/gal",
                "commodity_price": "4.018",
                "price_change_day": "0.0672",
                "percentage_day": "-1.64%",
                "percentage_week": "2.22%",
                "percentage_month": "23.30%",
                "percentage_year": "57.46%",
                "quarter4_22": "4.558",
                "quarter1_23": "4.7",
                "quarter2_23": "4.228",
                "quarter3_23": "4.33",
                "date": "2022:10:18"
            },
            {
                "category": "energy",
                "commodity_name": "methanol",
                "commodity_unit": "cny/t",
                "commodity_price": "2778",
                "price_change_day": "17.00",
                "percentage_day": "-0.61%",
                "percentage_week": "-1.80%",
                "percentage_month": "1.02%",
                "percentage_year": "-26.06%",
                "quarter4_22": "3045.201",
                "quarter1_23": "3070.945",
                "quarter2_23": "2949.509",
                "quarter3_23": "2968.053",
                "date": "2022:10:18"
            },
            {
                "category": "energy",
                "commodity_name": "naphtha",
                "commodity_unit": "usd/t",
                "commodity_price": "664.82",
                "price_change_day": "4.10",
                "percentage_day": "0.62%",
                "percentage_week": "-1.82%",
                "percentage_month": "5.40%",
                "percentage_year": "-12.66%",
                "quarter4_22": "721.416",
                "quarter1_23": "732.233",
                "quarter2_23": "671.769",
                "quarter3_23": "696.244",
                "date": "2022:10:17"
            },
            {
                "category": "energy",
                "commodity_name": "natural gas",
                "commodity_unit": "usd/mmbtu",
                "commodity_price": "5.7304",
                "price_change_day": "0.2686",
                "percentage_day": "-4.48%",
                "percentage_week": "-13.12%",
                "percentage_month": "-26.57%",
                "percentage_year": "12.63%",
                "quarter4_22": "7.829",
                "quarter1_23": "8.125",
                "quarter2_23": "6.77",
                "quarter3_23": "7.369",
                "date": "2022:10:18"
            },
            {
                "category": "energy",
                "commodity_name": "propane",
                "commodity_unit": "usd/gal",
                "commodity_price": "0.83",
                "price_change_day": "0.00",
                "percentage_day": "-0.14%",
                "percentage_week": "-5.82%",
                "percentage_month": "-19.86%",
                "percentage_year": "-43.75%",
                "quarter4_22": "0.904",
                "quarter1_23": "0.929",
                "quarter2_23": "0.851",
                "quarter3_23": "0.889",
                "date": "2022:10:17"
            },
            {
                "category": "energy",
                "commodity_name": "ttf gas",
                "commodity_unit": "eur/mwh",
                "commodity_price": "113.22",
                "price_change_day": "14.76",
                "percentage_day": "-11.53%",
                "percentage_week": "-27.78%",
                "percentage_month": "-37.88%",
                "percentage_year": "25.90%",
                "quarter4_22": "196.26",
                "quarter1_23": "220.869",
                "quarter2_23": "159.886",
                "quarter3_23": "177.032",
                "date": "2022:10:18"
            },
            {
                "category": "energy",
                "commodity_name": "uk gas",
                "commodity_unit": "gbp/thm",
                "commodity_price": "191",
                "price_change_day": "41.2500",
                "percentage_day": "-17.76%",
                "percentage_week": "-33.26%",
                "percentage_month": "-32.37%",
                "percentage_year": "-15.45%",
                "quarter4_22": "396.232",
                "quarter1_23": "460.053",
                "quarter2_23": "293.985",
                "quarter3_23": "341.386",
                "date": "2022:10:18"
            },
            {
                "category": "energy",
                "commodity_name": "urals oil",
                "commodity_unit": "usd/bbl",
                "commodity_price": "72.57",
                "price_change_day": "1.87",
                "percentage_day": "-2.51%",
                "percentage_week": "-8.73%",
                "percentage_month": "1.06%",
                "percentage_year": "-11.76%",
                "quarter4_22": "86.229",
                "quarter1_23": "91.96",
                "quarter2_23": "80.613",
                "quarter3_23": "83.4",
                "date": "2022:10:17"
            },
            {
                "category": "energy",
                "commodity_name": "uranium",
                "commodity_unit": "usd/lbs",
                "commodity_price": "51",
                "price_change_day": "0.4000",
                "percentage_day": "0.79%",
                "percentage_week": "4.51%",
                "percentage_month": "4.62%",
                "percentage_year": "6.03%",
                "quarter4_22": "54.748",
                "quarter1_23": "55.786",
                "quarter2_23": "52.207",
                "quarter3_23": "52.508",
                "date": "2022:10:17"
            }
        ]
    }
}
				
			

				
					https://api.finnworlds.com/api/v1/commodities
    ?key=API-key
        &commodity_name=crude_oil
{
    "status": {
        "code": 200,
        "message": "OK",
        "details": ""
    },
    "result": {
        "output": [
            {
                "category": "energy",
                "commodity_name": "crude oil",
                "commodity_unit": "usd/bbl",
                "commodity_price": "83.585",
                "price_change_day": "1.876",
                "percentage_day": "-2.19%",
                "percentage_week": "-6.45%",
                "percentage_month": "-2.08%",
                "percentage_year": "2.56%",
                "quarter4_22": "98.313",
                "quarter1_23": "98.617",
                "quarter2_23": "90.471",
                "quarter3_23": "93.342",
                "date": "2022:10:18"
            }
        ]
    }
}
				
			

GET Request Parameters

Objects Description
commodity_name The name of the commodity that you need information about
category The commodity category of which you want information about all commodities. Metals, Energy, Livestock, Agricultural, Industrial

API Response Objects

Response Objects Description
category Category of the commodity
commodity_name Name of the commodity
commodity_unit The unit of measurement related to this commodity
commodity_price The price of the commodity at last update
price_change_day The price change since last trading day
percentage_day The percentage change since last trading day
percentage_week The percentage change since last trading week
percentage_month The percentage change since last trading month
percentage_year The YoY percentage change
quarterX_YY The forecast of this commodity in future quarters
date The date and time that our system has updated the price

SDKs and Devkits

The API works with: Javascript, JQuery, VueJS, Angular, JAVA, PHP, NodeJS, Python, Go, Ruby, C#, R, Strest, Rust, Swift and Scala.

REST JSON and XML

Data output can be requested in REST Json format or XML format.

Excel and CSV

In case you do not want the data through our API, request it in Excel or CSV format.

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