Is the AURUM gold price API free?

Yes. The free tier includes 50 requests per day with no credit card required. Paid plans start at $19/month for 1,000 requests/day.

What commodities does the API cover?

Gold, silver, platinum, palladium, crude oil (WTI and Brent), natural gas, copper, aluminum, wheat, corn, soybeans, coffee, cocoa, sugar, cotton, and nickel.

How often is the data updated?

Prices are updated every 60 seconds from COMEX futures data via Yahoo Finance with metals-api.com as fallback.

Gold Price API — Free Real-Time Data

Quick Start

Get live gold, silver, platinum, and palladium spot prices with a single HTTP request. No API key needed for up to 50 requests per day.

GET https://aurumrates.com/api/v1/spot

cURL

curl https://aurumrates.com/api/v1/spot

Python

import requests

resp = requests.get("https://aurumrates.com/api/v1/spot",
                     headers={"X-API-Key": "YOUR_KEY"})
data = resp.json()
print(f"Gold: ${data['data']['gold']['price']:.2f}")

JavaScript

const res = await fetch("https://aurumrates.com/api/v1/spot", {
  headers: { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_KEY" }
});
const { data } = await res.json();
console.log(`Gold: $${data.gold.price.toFixed(2)}`);

Response

{
  "status": "ok",
  "plan": "free",
  "data": {
    "gold": {
      "price": 3245.60,
      "currency": "USD",
      "change_pct": 1.23,
      "change_abs": 39.50,
      "prev_close": 3206.10,
      "source": "yahoo",
      "timestamp": 1713200000
    },
    "silver": { ... },
    "platinum": { ... },
    "palladium": { ... }
  },
  "ts": 1713200060
}

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`metals`	query string	Comma-separated list of commodities. Default: `gold,silver,platinum,palladium`
`api_key`	query string	Your API key (alternative to header)
`X-API-Key`	header	Your API key (preferred method)

Available Commodities

gold, silver, platinum, palladium, crude-wti, crude-brent, natgas-us, copper, aluminum, wheat, corn, soybeans, coffee, cocoa, sugar, cotton, nickel

Example: Multiple Commodities

curl "https://aurumrates.com/api/v1/spot?metals=gold,silver,crude-wti"

Authentication

Pass your API key via the X-API-Key header or the api_key query parameter. Without a key, you get 50 requests per day from your IP address.

Rate Limits

Plan	Requests/Day	Price
Free	50	$0/month
Starter	1,000	$19/month
Pro	10,000	$49/month
Business	100,000	$149/month

Rate limit headers are included in every response: X-RateLimit-Limit and X-RateLimit-Remaining.

Error Codes

Code	Meaning
200	Success
400	Invalid parameters
401	Invalid API key
429	Rate limit exceeded
502	Upstream price source unavailable

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