Fiat Symbols

Returns a flat map of all supported fiat currency codes to their full official names. Covers 150+ ISO 4217 currencies.

Use this to:

Populate a currency dropdown or selector in your UI
Validate that a currency code is supported before calling other endpoints
Display human-readable currency names alongside codes
Cache the list locally to avoid repeated lookups

Base URL

https://fast-price-exchange-rates.p.rapidapi.com

Get fiat symbols

GET/api/v1/fiat-symbols

Returns a JSON object mapping ISO 4217 currency codes to their full English names. No query parameters required.

Authentication

Header	Value
`X-RapidAPI-Key`	Your RapidAPI secret key
`X-RapidAPI-Host`	`fast-price-exchange-rates.p.rapidapi.com`

Query parameters

This endpoint accepts no query parameters.

Example requests

bash

curl "https://fast-price-exchange-rates.p.rapidapi.com/api/v1/fiat-symbols" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Key: YOUR_RAPIDAPI_KEY" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Host: fast-price-exchange-rates.p.rapidapi.com"

javascript

const response = await fetch(
  'https://fast-price-exchange-rates.p.rapidapi.com/api/v1/fiat-symbols',
  {
    headers: {
      'X-RapidAPI-Key': process.env.RAPIDAPI_KEY,
      'X-RapidAPI-Host': 'fast-price-exchange-rates.p.rapidapi.com',
    },
  }
)

const symbols = await response.json()

// Build options for a <select> element
const options = Object.entries(symbols)
  .sort(([a], [b]) => a.localeCompare(b))
  .map(([code, name]) => ({ code, name }))

console.log(options.slice(0, 5))
// [{ code: 'AED', name: 'UNITED ARAB EMIRATES DIRHAM' }, ...]

javascript

const response = await fetch(
  'https://fast-price-exchange-rates.p.rapidapi.com/api/v1/fiat-symbols',
  {
    headers: {
      'X-RapidAPI-Key': process.env.RAPIDAPI_KEY,
      'X-RapidAPI-Host': 'fast-price-exchange-rates.p.rapidapi.com',
    },
  }
)

const symbols = await response.json()

function isValidFiat(code) {
  return code.toUpperCase() in symbols
}

console.log(isValidFiat('EUR'))  // true
console.log(isValidFiat('XYZ'))  // false

python

import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://fast-price-exchange-rates.p.rapidapi.com/api/v1/fiat-symbols",
    headers={
        "X-RapidAPI-Key": os.environ["RAPIDAPI_KEY"],
        "X-RapidAPI-Host": "fast-price-exchange-rates.p.rapidapi.com",
    },
)

response.raise_for_status()
symbols = response.json()

print(f"Total supported currencies: {len(symbols)}")
print()

# Print a sorted table
print(f"{'Code':<6} Name")
print("-" * 50)
for code, name in sorted(symbols.items()):
    print(f"{code:<6} {name.title()}")

python

import os
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://fast-price-exchange-rates.p.rapidapi.com/api/v1/fiat-symbols",
    headers={
        "X-RapidAPI-Key": os.environ["RAPIDAPI_KEY"],
        "X-RapidAPI-Host": "fast-price-exchange-rates.p.rapidapi.com",
    },
)

response.raise_for_status()
symbols = response.json()

def get_currency_name(code: str) -> str | None:
    return symbols.get(code.upper())

print(get_currency_name("USD"))  # UNITED STATES DOLLAR
print(get_currency_name("eur"))  # EURO
print(get_currency_name("XYZ"))  # None

Response

Returns a flat JSON object. Keys are ISO 4217 currency codes, values are the full official currency names in uppercase English.

json

{
  "AED": "UNITED ARAB EMIRATES DIRHAM",
  "AFN": "AFGHAN AFGHANI",
  "ALL": "ALBANIAN LEK",
  "AMD": "ARMENIAN DRAM",
  "ANG": "NETHERLANDS ANTILLEAN GUILDER",
  "AOA": "ANGOLAN KWANZA",
  "ARS": "ARGENTINE PESO",
  "AUD": "AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR",
  "EUR": "EURO",
  "GBP": "BRITISH POUND",
  "JPY": "JAPANESE YEN",
  "USD": "UNITED STATES DOLLAR",
  "...": "... 150+ currencies total"
}

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
{CODE}	string	ISO 4217 three-letter currency code (key) mapped to its full official English name in uppercase (value). The response contains 150+ entries covering all currencies supported by the rate endpoints.

Full currency list

All 152 supported fiat currencies:

Code	Name	Code	Name
AED	United Arab Emirates Dirham	ARS	Argentine Peso
AFN	Afghan Afghani	AUD	Australian Dollar
ALL	Albanian Lek	AWG	Aruban Florin
AMD	Armenian Dram	AZN	Azerbaijani Manat
ANG	Netherlands Antillean Guilder	BAM	Bosnia And Herzegovina Convertible Mark
AOA	Angolan Kwanza	BBD	Barbadian Dollar
BDT	Bangladeshi Taka	BIF	Burundian Franc
BGN	Bulgarian Lev	BMD	Bermudian Dollar
BHD	Bahraini Dinar	BND	Brunei Dollar
BOB	Bolivian Boliviano	BRL	Brazilian Real
BSD	Bahamian Dollar	BWP	Botswana Pula
BYN	Belarusian Ruble	BZD	Belize Dollar
CAD	Canadian Dollar	CLP	Chilean Peso
CDF	Congolese Franc	CNY	Chinese Yuan
CHF	Swiss Franc	COP	Colombian Peso
CRC	Costa Rican Colón	CVE	Cape Verdean Escudo
CUP	Cuban Peso	CZK	Czech Koruna
DJF	Djiboutian Franc	DOP	Dominican Peso
DKK	Danish Krone	DZD	Algerian Dinar
EGP	Egyptian Pound	ETB	Ethiopian Birr
ERN	Eritrean Nakfa	EUR	Euro
FJD	Fijian Dollar	GBP	British Pound
FKP	Falkland Islands Pound	GEL	Lari
GHS	Ghanaian Cedi	GMD	Dalasi
GIP	Gibraltar Pound	GNF	Guinean Franc
GTQ	Guatemalan Quetzal	HKD	Hong Kong Dollar
GYD	Guyanese Dollar	HNL	Honduran Lempira
HTG	Haitian Gourde	IDR	Indonesian Rupiah
HUF	Hungarian Forint	ILS	Israeli New Shekel
INR	Indian Rupee	IQD	Iraqi Dinar
IRR	Iranian Rial	ISK	Icelandic Króna
JMD	Jamaican Dollar	JPY	Japanese Yen
JOD	Jordanian Dinar	KES	Kenyan Shilling
KGS	Kyrgyzstani Som	KMF	Comorian Franc
KHR	Cambodian Riel	KPW	North Korean Won
KRW	South Korean Won	KYD	Cayman Islands Dollar
KWD	Kuwaiti Dinar	LAK	Lao Kip
KZT	Kazakhstani Tenge	LBP	Lebanese Pound
LKR	Sri Lankan Rupee	LSL	Lesotho Loti
LRD	Liberian Dollar	MAD	Moroccan Dirham
LYD	Libyan Dinar	MDL	Moldovan Leu
MGA	Malagasy Ariary	MMK	Burmese Kyat
MKD	Denar	MNT	Mongolian Tögrög
MOP	Macanese Pataca	MUR	Mauritian Rupee
MRU	Mauritanian Ouguiya	MVR	Maldivian Rufiyaa
MWK	Malawian Kwacha	MYR	Malaysian Ringgit
MXN	Mexican Peso	NAD	Namibian Dollar
MZN	Mozambican Metical	NIO	Nicaraguan Córdoba
NGN	Nigerian Naira	NPR	Nepalese Rupee
NOK	Norwegian Krone	OMR	Omani Rial
NZD	New Zealand Dollar	PAB	Panamanian Balboa
PEN	Peruvian Sol	PHP	Philippine Peso
PGK	Papua New Guinean Kina	PLN	Polish Złoty
PKR	Pakistani Rupee	QAR	Qatari Riyal
PYG	Paraguayan Guaraní	RON	Romanian Leu
RSD	Serbian Dinar	RWF	Rwandan Franc
RUB	Russian Ruble	SCR	Seychellois Rupee
SAR	Saudi Riyal	SDG	Sudanese Pound
SBD	Solomon Islands Dollar	SGD	Singapore Dollar
SEK	Swedish Krona	SLL	Sierra Leonean Leone
SHP	Saint Helena Pound	SRD	Surinamese Dollar
SOS	Somali Shilling	STN	São Tomé And Príncipe Dobra
SSP	South Sudanese Pound	SZL	Swazi Lilangeni
SYP	Syrian Pound	TJS	Tajikistani Somoni
THB	Thai Baht	TND	Tunisian Dinar
TMT	Turkmenistan Manat	TTD	Trinidad And Tobago Dollar
TOP	Tongan Paʻanga	UAH	Ukrainian Hryvnia
TRY	Turkish Lira	UGX	Ugandan Shilling
TWD	New Taiwan Dollar	UYU	Uruguayan Peso
TZS	Tanzanian Shilling	UZS	Uzbekistani Soʻm
USD	United States Dollar	VND	Vietnamese Đồng
VES	Venezuelan Bolívar Soberano	WST	Samoan Tālā
VUV	Vanuatu Vatu	XCD	Eastern Caribbean Dollar
XAF	Central African CFA Franc	XPF	CFP Franc
XOF	West African CFA Franc	YER	Yemeni Rial
ZAR	South African Rand	ZMW	Zambian Kwacha

Error responses

Status	Code	Description
401	`unauthorized`	`X-RapidAPI-Key` is missing or invalid
403	`forbidden`	Your RapidAPI plan does not include access to this endpoint
429	`too_many_requests`	RapidAPI rate limit exceeded
500	`internal_error`	Server error — safe to retry after a short delay

Endpoint	Description
Fiat From Base	Exchange rates from a base fiat to all others
Fiat To Quote	Exchange rates from all fiat currencies to a quote

Fiat Symbols ​

Base URL ​

Get fiat symbols ​

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Example requests ​

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Full currency list ​

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