Quick Start Guide
Get oil price data in your app in 5 minutes. No complex setup, just simple HTTP requests.
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Use simple HTTP requests to get real-time oil price data in JSON format.
GET /v1/prices/latestUse Data
Integrate real-time oil prices into your trading app, dashboard, or analysis tool.
Basic Oil Price Request
Get current WTI and Brent crude oil prices with a single request
Request:
curl https://api.oilpriceapi.com/v1/prices/latest \ -H 'Authorization: Token YOUR_API_TOKEN' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json'
Response:
{
"status": "success",
"data": {
"WTI": {
"price": 73.52,
"currency": "USD",
"unit": "barrel",
"change": "+1.2%",
"timestamp": "2024-07-20T18:30:00Z"
},
"BRENT": {
"price": 76.88,
"currency": "USD",
"unit": "barrel",
"change": "+0.8%",
"timestamp": "2024-07-20T18:30:00Z"
}
}
}JavaScript/Node.js Integration
Ready-to-use JavaScript code for web apps and Node.js backends
const response = await fetch('https://api.oilpriceapi.com/v1/prices/latest', {
headers: {
'Authorization': 'Token YOUR_API_TOKEN',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log('WTI Price:', data.data.WTI.price);
console.log('Brent Price:', data.data.BRENT.price);Python Integration
Perfect for data analysis, trading algorithms, and research
import requests
headers = {
'Authorization': 'Token YOUR_API_TOKEN',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}
response = requests.get('https://api.oilpriceapi.com/v1/prices/latest', headers=headers)
data = response.json()
print(f"WTI Price: {data['data']['WTI']['price']}")
print(f"Brent Price: {data['data']['BRENT']['price']}")Popular API Endpoints
Most commonly used endpoints to get started quickly
GET /v1/prices/latestCurrent oil prices (WTI, Brent, etc.)
GET /v1/prices/WTISpecific commodity price data
GET /v1/prices/historicalHistorical price data
GET /v1/drilling-intelligenceRig counts & drilling data
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