How to Get Real-Time Iridium (IRD) Prices with Metals-API

Metals-API offers a powerful solution for accessing real-time market prices, including Iridium (IRD). This blog post will guide you through the process of accessing these prices using the Metals-API, providing step-by-step instructions and example API calls.

About Iridium (IRD)

API Description

Metals-API provides a comprehensive suite of features designed to deliver real-time and historical data for various metals, including Iridium. This API empowers developers to build applications that can track market fluctuations, analyze trends, and convert currencies seamlessly. With its robust capabilities, Metals-API is at the forefront of technological advancement in the metal markets.

Latest Rates Endpoint: Depending on your subscription plan, this endpoint returns real-time exchange rate data updated every 60 minutes, every 10 minutes, or even more frequently.
Historical Rates Endpoint: Access historical rates dating back to 2019, allowing you to analyze trends over time.
Bid and Ask Endpoint: Retrieve real-time Bid and Ask prices, providing insights into market dynamics.
Convert Endpoint: Convert any amount from one metal to another or to/from USD, facilitating easy transactions.
Time-Series Endpoint: Query the API for daily historical rates between two dates of your choice, enabling detailed analysis.
Fluctuation Endpoint: Track how currencies fluctuate on a day-to-day basis, helping you understand market volatility.
Carat Endpoint: Retrieve information about Gold rates by Carat, useful for jewelers and investors alike.
Lowest/Highest Price Endpoint: Get the lowest and highest price for a specific date, aiding in market analysis.
Open/High/Low/Close (OHLC) Price Endpoint: Access OHLC data for a specific time period, essential for traders.
Historical LME Endpoint: Access historical rates for LME symbols dating back to 2008, providing a long-term view of market trends.
API Key: Your unique key for accessing the API, ensuring secure and authorized usage.
API Response: Exchange rates are delivered relative to USD, with all data returned in a structured format.
Supported Symbols Endpoint: A constantly updated endpoint returning all available currencies and their specifications.
News Endpoint: Retrieve the latest news articles related to various metals, keeping you informed about market developments.

Accessing Real-Time Iridium Prices

Step 1: Get Your API Key

Metals-API Website and sign up for an account. After completing the registration process, you will receive your API key, which you will use in all your API requests.

Step 2: Make Your First API Call

GET https://metals-api.com/api/latest?access_key=YOUR_API_KEY&base=USD&symbols=IRD

YOUR_API_KEY with your actual API key. The base parameter specifies the base currency (in this case, USD), and the symbols parameter specifies the metal you want to retrieve prices for (IRD for Iridium).

Example Response

{
    "success": true,
    "timestamp": 1755392504,
    "base": "USD",
    "date": "2025-08-17",
    "rates": {
        "IRD": 0.000912
    },
    "unit": "per troy ounce"
}

success field confirms that the API call was successful, while the timestamp and date fields provide context for the data.

Step 3: Access Historical Data

GET https://metals-api.com/api/historical?access_key=YOUR_API_KEY&base=USD&symbols=IRD&date=YYYY-MM-DD

YYYY-MM-DD with the desired date. For example, to get the price on August 16, 2025, your call would look like this:

GET https://metals-api.com/api/historical?access_key=YOUR_API_KEY&base=USD&symbols=IRD&date=2025-08-16

Example Historical Response

{
    "success": true,
    "timestamp": 1755306104,
    "base": "USD",
    "date": "2025-08-16",
    "rates": {
        "IRD": 0.000915
    },
    "unit": "per troy ounce"
}

Step 4: Analyze Price Fluctuations

GET https://metals-api.com/api/fluctuation?access_key=YOUR_API_KEY&base=USD&symbols=IRD&start_date=YYYY-MM-DD&end_date=YYYY-MM-DD

GET https://metals-api.com/api/fluctuation?access_key=YOUR_API_KEY&base=USD&symbols=IRD&start_date=2025-08-10&end_date=2025-08-17

Example Fluctuation Response

{
    "success": true,
    "fluctuation": true,
    "start_date": "2025-08-10",
    "end_date": "2025-08-17",
    "base": "USD",
    "rates": {
        "IRD": {
            "start_rate": 0.000915,
            "end_rate": 0.000912,
            "change": -0.000003,
            "change_pct": -0.33
        }
    },
    "unit": "per troy ounce"
}

Advanced Features and Use Cases

Bid and Ask Prices

GET https://metals-api.com/api/bid-ask?access_key=YOUR_API_KEY&base=USD&symbols=IRD

Example Bid/Ask Response

{
    "success": true,
    "timestamp": 1755392504,
    "base": "USD",
    "date": "2025-08-17",
    "rates": {
        "IRD": {
            "bid": 0.000910,
            "ask": 0.000912,
            "spread": 0.000002
        }
    },
    "unit": "per troy ounce"
}

Time-Series Data

GET https://metals-api.com/api/timeseries?access_key=YOUR_API_KEY&base=USD&symbols=IRD&start_date=YYYY-MM-DD&end_date=YYYY-MM-DD

Example Time-Series Response

{
    "success": true,
    "timeseries": true,
    "start_date": "2025-08-10",
    "end_date": "2025-08-17",
    "base": "USD",
    "rates": {
        "2025-08-10": {
            "IRD": 0.000915
        },
        "2025-08-12": {
            "IRD": 0.000913
        },
        "2025-08-17": {
            "IRD": 0.000912
        }
    },
    "unit": "per troy ounce"
}

Conclusion

Metals-API Documentation and explore the Metals-API Supported Symbols for a comprehensive list of available metals.

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How to Get Real-Time Iridium (IRD) Prices with Metals-API