Fixer.io: is there any way to get the currency description from a symbol?

Question

I am implementing an app using the Fixer.io API.

I wanted to retrieve the following:

• currency description from a symbol (e.g. from EUR get EURO)
• currency icon from a symbol

Is there any way to do so?

EDIT:

To obtain the description I am thinking of using the native iOS class nslocale:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/nslocale/1642814-currencysymbol

Answer 1

There's a display name in the Supported Symbols Endpoint:

{ "success": true, "symbols": { "AED": "United Arab Emirates Dirham", "AFN": "Afghan Afghani", "ALL": "Albanian Lek", "AMD": "Armenian Dram", [...] } }

If you want to get the display name in another language, you can also use the java.util.Currency which has a method for names in local languages.

Or you can also give a try to the Java API for Fixer.io: https://github.com/lico/jFixer

See also Fixer.io documentation: https://fixer.io/documentation#supportedsymbols