# AbstractAPI Live Exchange Rates

> AbstractAPI Live Exchange Rates is a paid API for AI agents from x402.orthogonal.com, paid per call via x402, $0.001/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns the latest exchange rates for a specified base currency, optionally filtered to specific target currencies.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://x402.orthogonal.com/abstractapi/v1/live
- Price: $0.001/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/abstractapi-live-exchange-rates-3f41eacf
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_iHNZfoFJmnPv86I_ZscEv

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability abstractapi-live-exchange-rates-3f41eacf
```

Example prompt: What are the current live exchange rates for USD — show me EUR, GBP, and JPY.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need live/current exchange rates for one or more currency pairs quickly and cheaply at $0.001 per call. It is ideal for lightweight lookups where you want to retrieve rates for a specific base currency against one or multiple targets in a single call, without needing historical data or complex forex analytics.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unsupported currency code returns an error or empty rates
- Missing base parameter may default to a standard currency or return an error
- Rate data may be slightly delayed rather than real-time tick data
- Payment failure (402) if USDC balance is insufficient
- Network timeout if upstream FX data provider is unavailable

## How this service works

Get the latest exchange rates for a given base currency.

## Output

A JSON object containing the base currency and a map of target currency codes to their current exchange rates relative to the base, sourced from live market data.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "base": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Base currency code (e.g. USD)"
      },
      "target": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Target currency code(s), comma-separated"
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/abstractapi-live-exchange-rates-3f41eacf/health.json
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