Open Exchange Rates

The openexchangerates sensor will show you the current exchange rate from Open Exchange Rates that provides realtime exchange rates for 170 currencies. The free account is limited to only USD as a base currency, allows 1000 requests per month, and updates every hour.

Obtain your API key here

To enable this sensor, add the following lines to your configuration.yaml file:

# Example configuration.yaml entry
sensor:
  platform: openexchangerates
  api_key: your_api_key
  base: USD #optional
  quote: EUR
  name: USDEUR #optional

Configuration variables:

• name (Optional): Name to use in the frontend.
• base (Optional): The symbol of the base currency. Defaults to USD
• quote (Required): The symbol of the quote or target currency.