Building a structured metals & market-data API
Global Metals Intelligence is building a developer platform around the same verified, source-attributed market data this site already shows its own visitors — never a fabricated or estimated figure, and never a price this platform cannot trace back to a real observation.
Available platform foundation
A versioned API contract already exists at /api/v1, covering Gold and Silver reference prices, currency conversion rates, and historical monthly price records. Every response uses one consistent envelope — a status field, the data itself (or null when nothing verified is available), and a request timestamp — documented in full on the Documentation page.
This foundation is real and already tested — it is not yet a generally available commercial product. See Documentation for exactly what is safe to build against today.
Versioned by design
Every response carries its own apiVersion field. A future breaking change ships as a new version, never a silent change to what v1 already returns — the same discipline this platform already applies to every calculation and figure on its own pages.
Freshness and reliability, stated honestly
Every figure states its own status — reference, historical, stale, or unavailable — rather than presenting cached or out-of-date data as current. When no verified observation exists, the API says so plainly instead of estimating one. This is the same freshness and provenance philosophy this platform already applies to every price card and calculator; see Sources & Data Methodology for the full detail.
Security-first access, planned
A signed-in visitor can now generate, name, and revoke their own API key — but creating one does not currently unlock any data product. Per-key rate limiting and usage controls are still planned, not yet built, and no customer access to Gold, Silver, FX, or other restricted data has opened. When that access ships, it will be authenticated and rate-limited from day one; it will not be an open, unauthenticated endpoint.
Planned — not yet available
API Keys, general Gold/Silver/FX API access for third-party applications, Rate Limits, Widgets, and a Widget Builder are all planned directions for this platform. None of them is available today, and this page makes no claim about when any of them will ship. Some also depend on confirming data redistribution terms with this platform's own data providers before they can open — see Sources & Data Methodology for how this platform already treats provider licensing.