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Precious Metals API

Current and historical precious and base metal prices including Gold, Silver, Platinum, Rhodium, Copper, Nickel and more, plus mining stock data from Kitco, all through a single, fast REST API.

Free Quick Start → Explore Endpoints

Live Response · try any currency

GET /api/metal-quote?metal=AU&currency=USD
$ curl "https://metal-sentinel.p.rapidapi.com/api/metal-quote?metal=AU&currency=USD" \
-H "x-rapidapi-host: metal-sentinel.p.rapidapi.com" \
-H "x-rapidapi-key: your_key"
currency
no match
200 OK · application/json
{
"ID": 1784676480,
"results": [
{
...
10+ Precious Metals
90+ Cryptocurrencies
180+ Fiat Currencies
< 1s Avg Response

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for every scale.

Free

$0.00 / mo

Requests / Month

15,000

Features

  • Historical Metal Price Data
  • Mining & Commodity Stocks
  • Real-Time Precious Metal Quotes from Kitco

Rate Limit

60 requests per minute

Start Free Plan
Cost-Effective

Pro

$7.99 / mo

Requests / Month

45,000

Features

  • Historical Metal Price Data
  • Mining & Commodity Stocks
  • Real-Time Precious Metal Quotes from Kitco

Rate Limit

-

Choose This Plan
Recommended

Ultra

$29.99 / mo

Requests / Month

200,000

Features

  • Historical Metal Price Data
  • Mining & Commodity Stocks
  • Real-Time Precious Metal Quotes from Kitco

Rate Limit

-

Choose This Plan

Mega

$49.99 / mo

Requests / Month

500,000

Features

  • Historical Metal Price Data
  • Mining & Commodity Stocks
  • Real-Time Precious Metal Quotes from Kitco

Rate Limit

-

Choose This Plan

API Endpoints

Fast, reliable endpoints for real-time and historical market data.

Spot prices

3 endpoints →
GET /api/metal-quote

Current spot price for a precious metal in a given currency.
GET /api/gold-price

Gold spot price with karat prices (24k, 18k, 14k, 9k).
GET /api/silver-price

Silver spot price with fineness (999, 958, 925, 900, 800).

Historical

2 endpoints →
GET /api/metal-history

Daily price data with configurable date range and limit.
GET /api/historical-points

Point-in-time snapshots at 30d, 60d, 1y and 5y intervals.

Other markets

3 endpoints →
GET /api/crypto-quote

Live cryptocurrency quotes with 24h comparison.
GET /api/forex-quote

Real-time foreign exchange rates with USD conversion.
GET /api/get-stock

Live mining and commodity equities data.

Reference

4 endpoints →
GET /api/market-status

Current market open/close status and next transition time.
GET /api/allowed-metals

List of supported precious metal symbols.
GET /api/allowed-currencies

List of supported fiat currency codes.
GET /api/allowed-cryptos

List of supported cryptocurrency symbols.
Try in Playground Documentation

Supported Metals

Ten spot-traded metals, streamed in real time from Kitco.

AU Flagship

Gold

Karat-priced in 24k · 18k · 14k · 9k
precious
AG Silver
precious
PT Platinum
precious
PD Palladium
precious
RH Rhodium
base
CU Copper
base
NI Nickel
base
AL Aluminum
base
PB Lead
base
ZN Zinc

From the blog

Latest metals market news

Daily analysis on gold, silver, copper, and the wider metals market.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about pricing, data freshness and integration.

What is Metal Sentinel?
Metal Sentinel is a real-time precious and base metals pricing API. We stream live spot prices for gold, silver, platinum, palladium, rhodium, copper, nickel, aluminum, lead and zinc, plus historical data and mining stock quotes - all sourced from Kitco.
Which metals and karats are supported?
Ten spot-traded metals: Gold (AU), Silver (AG), Platinum (PT), Palladium (PD), Rhodium (RH), Copper (CU), Nickel (NI), Aluminum (AL), Lead (PB) and Zinc (ZN). Gold is also available karat-priced in 24k, 18k, 14k and 9k.
How fresh is the price data?
Live quotes update on every trading tick from Kitco during market hours. Historical endpoints expose intraday, daily and long-range series for backtesting and reporting.
Which currencies can I price metals in?
All major fiat currencies, plus crypto tokens. You can request any spot quote in your preferred currency directly via the API or the live widget on the home page.
Is there a free plan?
Yes - we offer a free tier through RapidAPI so you can integrate and test Metal Sentinel without a credit card. Paid plans add higher rate limits and historical data access.
How do I integrate Metal Sentinel?
Subscribe on RapidAPI, grab your API key, and call the JSON endpoints directly from any backend or frontend. We also publish a free WordPress plugin and embeddable price widgets if you do not want to write code.