Overview
A gold rate API for apps and stores that show the live gold price. Requests retrieve real-time spot gold valuations denominated in USD across ounce, gram, and kilogram weights, accompanied by 24-hour change values and price direction. Paid tiers can query prices across 172 currency codes, retrieve 24-hour high and low ranges, and include hourly price snapshots spanning the preceding day.
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Formula
One function covers the whole catalog: the first argument names the source, the rest are its inputs, and the "field" pair says which single value lands in the cell. Formulas covers the grammar that applies to all of them.
=VERVE("goldprice", "field", "gram")=VERVE.CALL("goldprice", "field", "gram")Inputs
Required inputs are positional, in the order below. Everything else is passed as a "name", value pair after them — the same shape as SUMIFS. Premium inputs are accepted on every plan but only take effect on plans that include them.
| Input | Type | Where it goes | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
currencyOptionalPremium | string | "currency", value | The currency to get the price in default USD |
hourlyOptionalPremium | boolean | "hourly", value | Include hourly price data for the past 24 hours |
hourly[].hourOptional | number | "hourly[].hour", value | UTC hour-of-day slot (0-23) the price was captured in |
hourly[].priceOptional | number | "hourly[].price", value | Price at that hour, in the requested currency |
hourly[].timestampOptional | string | "hourly[].timestamp", value | ISO 8601 time the hourly price was captured |
Passing an option
=VERVE("goldprice", "currency", "USD")=VERVE.CALL("goldprice", "currency", "USD")What lands in your sheet
The "field" pair is what makes the formula resolve to one cell. Its value is a dot-path from the table below, so swapping it is how you pull a different value — one formula per column.
Seeing everything at once
Drop the "field" pair and the formula returns the whole response instead: two columns, field name on the left and value on the right, spilling from the cell you typed in.
=VERVE("goldprice")=VERVE.CALL("goldprice")The second row's table would land on top of the first's, and every cell after the first reads #REF! (#SPILL! in Excel). Keep one per sheet, or name a field, and leave the cells below and to the right empty.
Response fields
Paths are relative to data. Each one is exactly what the "field" pair accepts, so swapping it is how you pull a different value into a cell. On a plan without a Premium field the cell reads #PREMIUM(field) rather than a value, so a locked field never looks like a real answer.
| Use as "field" | Type | Example cell value | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
currency | string | USD | ISO 4217 currency code for price values |
gram | number | 138.63 | Gold price per gram in specified currency |
kilogram | number | 138633.92 | Gold price per kilogram in specified currency |
ounce | number | 4312 | Gold price per troy ounce in specified currency |
lastUpdated | string | 2026-02-07T12:00:00.000Z | ISO 8601 timestamp of last price update |
change24h | number | 28.5 | Price change vs 24 hours ago in currency units |
change24hPctPremium | number | 0.67 | Percentage price change vs 24 hours ago |
changeDirection | string | up | Direction of 24h change: up, down, or unchanged |
high24hPremium | number | 4325 | Highest price in the past 24 hours |
low24hPremium | number | 4278.5 | Lowest price in the past 24 hours |
formatted | object | {…} | |
formatted.ouncePremium | string | $4,312.00 | Formatted ounce price with currency symbol |
formatted.gramPremium | string | $138.63 | Formatted gram price with currency symbol |
formatted.kilogramPremium | string | $138,633.92 | Formatted kilogram price with currency symbol |
formatted.ounceWordsPremium | string | four thousand, three hundred twelve dollars | Ounce price spelled out in words with currency |
formatted.kilogramWordsPremium | string | one hundred thirty-eight thousand, six hundred thirty-four dollars | Kilogram price spelled out in words with currency |
When a cell doesn't fill
A failed lookup returns readable text starting with #ERR rather than a spreadsheet error, because Excel cannot show a custom message on a real error — you would get a bare #VALUE! with no reason. The trade-off is that IFERROR() will not catch it; test with LEFT(cell, 4) = "#ERR" instead. Error handling covers the rest.
| Cell reads | What happened |
|---|---|
#ERR Not connected | No API key saved. Open the side panel and connect your account. |
#ERR Replace <name> with a cell or value | A preview formula was copied as-is. Swap the placeholder for a cell reference. |
#ERR No "x" in goldprice | An option name this source does not take. The message lists the ones it does. |
#ERR No data point "…" | The "field" path is not in the response. Check it against the table above. |
#PREMIUM(field) | The field exists but your plan does not include it. |
#ERR Out of credits | The cycle's credits are spent. Usage resets on your billing date. |
Before the formula works
The add-in reads the API key you saved once in the side panel — the key never goes in the formula, so a shared sheet does not leak it and a collaborator without access simply sees the last calculated values.
- Install the add-in for Google Sheets or Excel.
- Open the side panel and sign in, or paste a key from your dashboard.
- Type the formula above into any cell.
Use cases
- Jewelry Store Pricing
- E-commerce jewelers adjust retail bullion and custom jewelry checkout prices dynamically based on live gold rates per gram.
- Portfolio Asset Valuation
- Wealth tracking dashboards recalculate physical precious metal portfolio balances by multiplying recorded gold ounces against incoming spot rates.
- Pawn Shop Appraisals
- When customers bring in scrap scrap gold, collateral loan software pulls the latest kilogram and gram benchmarks to calculate fair lending values.
- Trading Alert Triggers
- Market watch bots monitor 24-hour change direction and absolute price shifts to push notifications when bullion moves significantly.
Other ways to use Live Gold Price
Set up Live Gold Price on VerveSheets, or reach the same source a different way. Your VerveSheets account and credits work on all of them — one key, one balance.
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