Forex

Forex Quote

GET/v2/forex/quote/{pair}

Returns real-time forex pair quote.

Included in: Growth.

Authentication

Send your API key in the x-api-key header on every request to https://api.bavest.co. The samples read it from the BAVEST_API_KEY environment variable. Get an API key · Authentication guide

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
pair	path	string	yes	Currency pair (e.g., `EURUSD`, `GBPJPY`) Example `EURUSD`

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pair required path

Currency pair (e.g., `EURUSD`, `GBPJPY`)

GET /v2/forex/quote/EURUSD

API key

Sent only to api.bavest.co for this request; not stored.

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curl 'https://api.bavest.co/v2/forex/quote/EURUSD' \
  -H "x-api-key: $BAVEST_API_KEY"

Samples read your key from BAVEST_API_KEY and follow the form.

Example response 200

{
  "data": {
    "symbol": "EURUSD",
    "price": 1.1275,
    "change": 0.0030201,
    "changesPercentage": 0.26858,
    "open": 1.12435,
    "previousClose": 1.12448,
    "dayHigh": 1.12758,
    "dayLow": 1.12246,
    "timestamp": "2026-10-02T14:00:18"
  },
  "meta": {
    "parameters": {
      "pair": "EURUSD"
    },
    "time": 16
  }
}

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Response 200

Successful response · application/json

dataForexQuote
Real-time forex pair quote.
- symbolstringrequired
  Currency pair symbol
  Example EURUSD
- pricenumber (double)required
  Current market price
  Example 1.15577
- changenumber (double)
  Absolute price change from previous close
  Example -0.00015
- changesPercentagenumber (double)
  Percentage price change from previous close
  Example -0.01297668
- dayHighnumber (double)
  Highest price during the trading day
  Example 1.15724
- dayLownumber (double)
  Lowest price during the trading day
  Example 1.15476
- opennumber (double)
  Opening price for the trading day
  Example 1.1559
- previousClosenumber (double)
  Previous trading day closing price
  Example 1.15592
- timestampstring (date-time)
  Quote timestamp (ISO 8601)
  Example 2026-03-30T11:59:59
metaResponseMeta
Response envelope metadata. Always present on a 200: time is set by core/response.py on every successful response. Errors carry the same block, built by the same code, so a client parses one meta shape whether the call succeeded or failed.
- timeinteger
  Server-side processing time in milliseconds
  Example 17
- parametersobject
  Echo of the request parameters the endpoint resolved

Errors

400Invalid request parameters. Returned when required query parameters are missing, have invalid types, or violate constraints (e.g., providing both symbol and isin when they are mutually exclusive).
401Missing or invalid API key.
404Resource not found.
429Rate limit exceeded. Retry after the `Retry-After` header interval.
500An unexpected error occurred on the server. If the issue persists, contact support with the X-Request-Id header value.
502Upstream data provider returned an error or is temporarily unavailable. Retry after a short delay.
504The request timed out waiting for a response from the upstream data provider. This may occur for complex queries or during peak load.
defaultAn unexpected error occurred on the server. If the issue persists, contact support with the X-Request-Id header value.