I am trying to make transferwise api request to get currency rates. how this code looks in python?
curl -X GET "https://api.sandbox.transferwise.tech/v1/rates?source=EUR&target=USD" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer <your api token>"
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checkout the docs requests.readthedocs.io/en/masterAditya– Aditya2020-06-29 05:29:30 +00:00Commented Jun 29, 2020 at 5:29
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Don't forget that https://api.sandbox.transferwise.tech is the Base URL Sandbox (just for tests) not the Live version, so it only works with sandbox accounts (https://sandbox.transferwise.tech/login2/). Also, you gotta create your own token API in Setting (more information here).
After you have your token API set up, you can put it into an Environment Variable (.env), for the sake of security.
To use the Live Version, instead of the Sandbox, use this Base URL: https://api.transferwise.com
app.py (without environment variables):
import requests
API_TOKEN = <your API token here>
# Using Base URL LIVE
url = "https://api.transferwise.com/v1/rates?source=EUR&target=USD"
headers = {'Authorization': f'Bearer {API_TOKEN}'}
response = requests.get(url=url, headers=headers)
print(response)
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Eddie Knight
This is the first place I found advice regarding sandbox vs live, and it seems to be the solution to OP's problem as well... This should be the accepted answer.
import requests
url = "https://api.sandbox.transferwise.tech/v1/rates?source=EUR&target=USD"
payload = {}
headers = {
'Authorization': 'Bearer <your api token>'
}
response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, data = payload)
print(response.text.encode('utf8'))
Also, please don't share your API tokens here.
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nobody
yes i know but its an error i get: b'{"error":"invalid_token","error_description":"9dcdf463-be7f-41e4-bcc1-1393e71ea10e"}' is my token invalid? can you please try and get information with my token or yours?
Vishal Dhawan
According to this message, yes it is an invalid token.
import requests
token = "9dcdf463-be7f-41e4-bcc1-1393e71ea10e"
headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {token}"}
url = "https://api.sandbox.transferwise.tech/v1/rates?source=EUR&target=USD"
response = requests.get(url=url, headers=headers)
print(response.json())
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nobody
Did it worked for you? I got: {'error': 'invalid_token', 'error_description': '9dcdf463-be7f-41e4-bcc1-1393e71ea10e'}
Vishal Singh
seems like token is invalid. you should get a new token.
nobody
I tried with second token too. Can you please do it with your token and give me screenshot of python compiler? i am interested in how it works
Vishal Singh
it also gives me the same error
{'error': 'invalid_token', 'error_description': '9dcdf463-be7f-41e4-bcc1-1393e71ea10e'}