Exchange rate using BTC

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Clay
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Exchange rate using BTC

I'm trying to do a test exchange rate between USD and BTC but the API requires currencies to be in ISO 4217 numeric form.  So I use 840 for USD but the only code I found online for BTC was just 8.  So I tried using 8 but I received an error from the api call.  Here is the entire call:

payload

{

  • "rateProductCode": "B",
  • "destinationCurrencyCode": "8",
  • "sourceAmount": "100.55",
  • "sourceCurrencyCode": "840"

}

 

response

{

  • "errorResponse": {
    • "status": 400,
    • "reason": "3001",
    • "message": "Missing or Invalid Request Parameters",
    • "details": [
      • {
        • "location": "destinationCurrencyCode",
        • "message": "destinationCurrencyCode missing/invalid"
        }
      ]
    }

}

 

 

 

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SLi
Visa Developer Support Specialist
Visa Developer Support Specialist

Re: Exchange rate using BTC

Hi @Clay,

 

Please retry with below payload and let us know if there are any issues.

{

  • "rateProductCode": "B",
  • "destinationCurrencyCode": "008",
  • "sourceAmount": "100.55",
  • "sourceCurrencyCode": "840"

}

 

 


Best,
Stacey

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Clay
Regular Visitor

Re: Exchange rate using BTC

I don't know how 008 can be bitcoin though because the conversion rate it responds with is 115.4300

SLi
Visa Developer Support Specialist
Visa Developer Support Specialist

Re: Exchange rate using BTC

Hi @Clay,

 

008 is the ISO 4217 currency code for Albanian lek (ALL). There isn't one for bitcoin yet.

 

 

 


Best,
Stacey

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