Google currency converter API - will it shut down with iGoogle?

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MachineElf picture MachineElf · Jul 21, 2013 · Viewed 28.5k times · Source

iGoogle is shutting down.

There is an (undocumented?) currency conversion API available with URLs like: http://www.google.com/ig/calculator?hl=en&q=1GBP=?USD

The base of this url - google.com/ig - takes you to iGoogle. Will the API be available after iGoogle shuts down?

Answer

Simon Davies picture Simon Davies · Nov 7, 2013

I was having the same issue described here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/19786423/2819754

I used @hobailey answer for a temporary fix until i can update it to another version or google decide to do a proper api.

As google changed the URL to 

  https://www.google.com/finance/converter?a

So the fix i found is below.

  $amount = urlencode($amount);
  $from_Currency = urlencode($from_Currency);
  $to_Currency = urlencode($to_Currency);
  $get = file_get_contents("https://www.google.com/finance/converter?a=$amount&from=$from_Currency&to=$to_Currency");
  $get = explode("<span class=bld>",$get);
  $get = explode("</span>",$get[1]);  
  $converted_amount = preg_replace("/[^0-9\.]/", null, $get[0]);

thanks to @hobailey for this little fix.

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