Metals-API Blog: Comprehensive Precious Metals Pricing API

You need to price in Macedonian denar (MKD) in near real time and decide whether your app should subscribe to a stream or poll an API. By the end of this guide you’ll have a working MKD integration with Metals-API using the Latest Rates endpoint, a lightweight polling strategy that mimics streaming for most fintech and commerce use cases, and a clear decision framework for WebSocket-style streaming versus REST. What “real time” MKD means in practice For most pricing, quoting, and P&L views, “real time” means you can refresh MKD within the API’s update cadence and your users’ tolerance for latency. Metals-API’s Latest Rates endpoint returns prices updated at plan-specific intervals (for...