How to Get Exchange Rates in Excel Automatically Using a Free API (VBA Step-by-Step)
How to Get Exchange Rates in Excel Automatically Using a Free API (VBA Step-by-Step) Automate exchange rates in Excel in minutes. In this guide, you’ll learn how to retrieve currency data from multiple countries (including African currencies) using a free API and VBA. This example is perfect if you work with financial reports, currency analysis, or need updated data without manual input. 🚀 What will you learn? How to get real-time exchange rates in Excel How to use a free API (no API key required) How to automate Excel with VBA How to retrieve multiple currencies (USD, MXN, EUR, ZAR, NGN, etc.) 🌍 Free Exchange Rate API For this example, we will use the following free API: 👉 https://open.er-api.com/v6/latest/USD Advantages: No API key required 150+ currencies available Includes African currencies Daily updated data (not historical) 💻 VBA Macro to Get Exchange Rates in Excel Copy and paste this code into a VBA module: Sub GetExchangeRates(...
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