Commodity Price API

REST API for real-time commodity futures prices — gold, silver, crude oil, natural gas, coffee, wheat, and 25+ more. Prices from CME, NYMEX, and CBOT in USD.

Features

• Real-time futures prices for 30+ commodities
• Covers precious metals, energy, agriculture, and livestock
• Prices sourced from CME, NYMEX, and CBOT exchanges
• 100 requests/month on free tier
• Example Response:

{
"commodity_name": "Silver Futures",
"exchange": "CME",
"price_usd": 79.665,
"updated_at": "2026-02-09T11:45:04+00:00"
}

Get API Key

Create an account at omkar.cloud to get your API key, and use it in requests. 100 requests are free every month.

Quick Start

curl -X GET "https://commodity-price-api.omkar.cloud/commodity-price?name=silver" \
-H "API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

{
"commodity_name": "Silver Futures",
"exchange": "CME",
"price_usd": 79.665,
"updated_at": "2026-02-09T11:45:04+00:00"
}

Installation

Python

pip install requests

importrequestsresponse=requests.get(
"https://commodity-price-api.omkar.cloud/commodity-price",
params={"name": "silver"},
headers={"API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
)
data=response.json()
print(f"{data['commodity_name']}: ${data['price_usd']} ({data['exchange']})")

Node.js

npm install axios

importaxiosfrom"axios";constresponse=awaitaxios.get("https://commodity-price-api.omkar.cloud/commodity-price",{params: {name: "silver"},headers: {"API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}});console.log(`${response.data.commodity_name}: $${response.data.price_usd}`);

API Reference

Endpoint

GET https://commodity-price-api.omkar.cloud/commodity-price

Headers

Header	Required	Description
API-Key	Yes	API key from omkar.cloud/api-key

Parameters

Parameter	Required	Description
name	Yes	Commodity name (see supported commodities below)

Supported Commodities

Category	Commodities
Precious Metals	gold, silver, platinum, palladium, micro_gold, micro_silver
Energy	crude_oil, brent_crude_oil, natural_gas, gasoline_rbob, heating_oil
Agriculture	wheat, corn, soybean, soybean_oil, soybean_meal, oat, rough_rice, lumber, coffee, cocoa, sugar, cotton, orange_juice
Livestock	live_cattle, feeder_cattle, lean_hogs, class_3_milk
Metals	copper, aluminum

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
commodity_name	string	Full futures contract name (e.g., "Silver Futures")
exchange	string	Trading exchange — CME, NYMEX, or CBOT
price_usd	number	Current futures price in USD
updated_at	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of last price update

Examples

Get gold price

response=requests.get(
"https://commodity-price-api.omkar.cloud/commodity-price",
params={"name": "gold"},
headers={"API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
)
gold=response.json()
print(f"Gold: ${gold['price_usd']} on {gold['exchange']}")

Get crude oil price

response=requests.get(
"https://commodity-price-api.omkar.cloud/commodity-price",
params={"name": "crude_oil"},
headers={"API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
)
oil=response.json()
print(f"WTI Crude: ${oil['price_usd']}")

Get natural gas price

response=requests.get(
"https://commodity-price-api.omkar.cloud/commodity-price",
params={"name": "natural_gas"},
headers={"API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
)
gas=response.json()
print(f"Natural Gas: ${gas['price_usd']}")

Error Handling

response=requests.get(
"https://commodity-price-api.omkar.cloud/commodity-price",
params={"name": "gold"},
headers={"API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
)
ifresponse.status_code==200:
data=response.json()
elifresponse.status_code==401:
# Invalid API keypasselifresponse.status_code==429:
# Rate limit exceededpass

Rate Limits

Plan	Price	Requests/Month
Free	$0	100
Starter	$16	3,000
Grow	$48	15,000
Scale	$148	75,000

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