Exchange Rate Time Series
Explore how to retrieve and analyze historical exchange rate time series data with CoinAPI using Python. Understand key concepts like supported time periods, base and quote assets, and how to configure API endpoints to get accurate market data over specific intervals.
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Time series
We can describe a time series as a series of data points at successive equal time intervals over a period of time. We can fetch historical data on exchange rates of any asset or currency pair spread over equal time intervals.
Time series periods
We can get a complete list of supported time periods available on CoinAPI for the time series data on exchange rates. Here's a list of the time series periods available on CoinAPI:
Time Series Periods
Unit of time | Period identifiers |
Seconds |
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Minutes |
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Hours |
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Days |
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We can get the supported time periods on CoinAPI using the /v1/exchangerate/history/periods ...