Exchange Rate v4

The Exchange Rate Broker API provides allows users to create custom exchange rates for a company. For additional configuration information, please see the Currency Admin Configuration page.

Limitations

The API currently allows a maximum of 100 exchange rates per POST request. This API is only available to users who have been granted access by SAP Concur. Access to this documentation does not provide access to the API.

Process Flow

Exchange Rate Broker v4 POST flow

Products and Editions

  • Concur Expense Professional Edition
  • Concur Expense Standard Edition
  • Concur Travel Professional Edition
  • Concur Travel Standard Edition
  • Concur Invoice Professional Edition
  • Concur Invoice Standard Edition
  • Concur Request Professional Edition
  • Concur Request Standard Edition

Scope Usage

Name Description Endpoint
expense.exchangerate.writeonly Create custom exchange rates. POST

Dependencies

None.

Access Token Usage

This API supports company level access tokens.

Create Custom Exchange Rates

Create a set of custom exchange rates for the given of dates and currency pairs.

Scopes

expense.exchangerate.writeonly - Refer to Scope Usage for full details.

Request

URI

Template
POST {datacenter}/exchangerate/v4/rates
Parameters

None.

Headers

  • Content-Type: application/json
  • Authorization: Bearer Token

Payload

Example JSON request body:

{
  "currency_sets": [
    {
      "from_crn_code": "USD",
      "start_date": "2019-01-01",
      "rate": 1.2,
      "to_crn_code": "EUR"
    }, {
      "from_crn_code": "USD",
      "start_date": "2019-01-01",
      "rate": 1.3,
      "to_crn_code": "CAD"
    }
  ]
}

Response

In case of success, the JSON response body will be the same array of exchange rate items with overallStatus, and individual rate upload statusCode and statusMessage. A bulk upload can be partially successful.

Status Codes

Headers

Payload

Successfully Created Response:

{
    "overallStatus": "Success",
    "message": "Requests completed successfully",
    "currencySets": [
        {
            "from_crn_code": "USD",
            "start_date": "2019-01-01",
            "rate": 1.2,
            "to_crn_code": "EUR",
            "statusMessage": "success",
            "statusCode": 200
        },
        {
            "from_crn_code": "USD",
            "start_date": "2019-01-01",
            "rate": 1.3,
            "to_crn_code": "CAD",
            "statusMessage": "success",
            "statusCode": 200
        }
    ]
}

Example - Success

Request

POST https://us.api.concursolutions.com/exchangerate/v4/rates
Accept: application/json
Authorization: Bearer {TOKEN}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "currency_sets": [
    {
      "from_crn_code": "USD",
      "start_date": "2019-01-01",
      "rate": 1.2,
      "to_crn_code": "EUR"
    }
    , {
      "from_crn_code": "USD",
      "start_date": "2019-01-01",
      "rate": 1.3,
      "to_crn_code": "CAD"
    }
  ]
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2020 18:50:00 GMT
concur-correlationid: abcd1234-wxyz-6789-abcd-abc123456789

{
    "overallStatus": "Success",
    "message": "Requests completed successfully",
    "currencySets": [
        {
            "from_crn_code": "USD",
            "start_date": "2019-01-01",
            "rate": 1.2,
            "to_crn_code": "EUR",
            "statusMessage": "success",
            "statusCode": 200
        },
        {
            "from_crn_code": "USD",
            "start_date": "2019-01-01",
            "rate": 1.3,
            "to_crn_code": "CAD",
            "statusMessage": "success",
            "statusCode": 200
        }
    ]
}

Example - Partial Success

This example only partially succeeds to create all exchange rates due to an invalid from_crn_code in the first array entry. However, the second array entry is successfully created.

Request

POST https://us.api.concursolutions.com/exchangerate/v4/rates
Accept: application/json
Authorization: Bearer {TOKEN}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "currency_sets": [
    {
      "from_crn_code": "INVALID",
      "start_date": "2019-01-01",
      "rate": 1.2,
      "to_crn_code": "EUR"
    }, {
      "from_crn_code": "USD",
      "start_date": "2019-01-01",
      "rate": 1.3,
      "to_crn_code": "CAD"
    }
  ]
}

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2020 18:50:00 GMT
concur-correlationid: abcd1234-wxyz-6789-abcd-abc123456789

{
    "overallStatus": "Partial Success",
    "message": "Requests completed with errors",
    "currencySets": [
        {
            "from_crn_code": "INVALID",
            "start_date": "2019-01-01",
            "rate": 1.2,
            "to_crn_code": "EUR",
            "statusMessage": "Invalid request received",
            "statusCode": 400
        },
        {
            "from_crn_code": "USD",
            "start_date": "2019-01-01",
            "rate": 1.3,
            "to_crn_code": "CAD",
            "statusMessage": "success",
            "statusCode": 200
        }
    ]
}

Schema

BulkExchangeRateUploadRequest

Name Type Format Description
currency_sets array ExchangeRateUploadRequest Required An array of exchange rate upload requests.

ExchangeRateUploadRequest

Name Type Format Description
from_crn_code string - Required ISO 4217 Alphabetic code of the currency converting from.
to_crn_code string - Required ISO 4217 Alphabetic code of the currency converting to.
start_date string YYYY-MM-DD Required UTC time for exchange rate come to be effective.
rate number - Required Custom exchange rate.

BulkExchangeRateUploadResponse

Name Type Format Description
overallStatus string - Overall status for this bulk upload.
message string - Overall message for this bulk upload.
currencySets array ExchangeRateUploadResponse Array of individual upload results.

ExchangeRateUploadResponse

Name Type Format Description
from_crn_code string - ISO 4217 alphabetic code of the currency converting from.
to_crn_code string - ISO 4217 alphabetic code of the currency converting to.
start_date string YYYY-MM-DD UTC time for exchange rate come to be effective.
rate number - Custom exchange rate.
statusCode number - HTTP status code for uploading this custom currency set.
statusMessage string - HTTP message for uploading this custom currency set.

Error

Name Type Format Description
errorId string - The unique identifier of the error associated with the response or is it error response itself.
errorMessage string - The detailed error message.
httpStatus string - The HTTP response code and phrase for the response.
path string - The URI of the attempted request.
timestamp string($date-time) - The datetime when the error was captured. Example: 2016-10-04T00:53:25.931+0000
validationErrors array ValidationError Validation errors for this request.

ValidationError

Name Type Format Description
message string - The detailed message of the validation error.
source string - The type of validation which failed.

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