Shekel Currency Converter

{
  "schemaVersion": "1.0",
  "skill": "shekel-currency-converter",
  "generated_at": "2026-06-03T21:43:29Z",
  "claims": [
    {
      "claim": "The legacy XML endpoint https://www.boi.org.il/currency.xml no longer serves XML; it 301-redirects to the JSON endpoint https://www.boi.org.il/PublicApi/GetExchangeRates.",
      "source_url": "https://www.boi.org.il/currency.xml",
      "raw_snippet": "curl -L -o /dev/null -w 'code=%{http_code} final=%{url_effective}' https://boi.org.il/currency.xml => code=200 final=https://boi.org.il/PublicApi/GetExchangeRates (body is JSON, not XML)",
      "verified_by": "curl 2026-06-03"
    },
    {
      "claim": "The live JSON endpoint returns {\"exchangeRates\":[{...}]} with fields key, currentExchangeRate, currentChange, unit, lastUpdate.",
      "source_url": "https://www.boi.org.il/PublicApi/GetExchangeRates",
      "raw_snippet": "{\"exchangeRates\":[{\"key\":\"USD\",\"currentExchangeRate\":2.872,\"currentChange\":1.6637168141592920353982300900,\"unit\":1,\"lastUpdate\":\"2026-06-03T12:22:02.9555812Z\"}, ...]}",
      "verified_by": "curl 2026-06-03"
    },
    {
      "claim": "currentChange is a percentage daily move (e.g., ~1.66 for USD), not an absolute NIS delta.",
      "source_url": "https://www.boi.org.il/PublicApi/GetExchangeRates",
      "raw_snippet": "{\"key\":\"USD\",\"currentExchangeRate\":2.872,\"currentChange\":1.6637168141592920353982300900,\"unit\":1} -- a 1.66 absolute NIS move on a 2.872 rate is impossible; the value is a percent.",
      "verified_by": "curl 2026-06-03"
    },
    {
      "claim": "The Bank of Israel publishes a representative rate for exactly 14 currencies: USD, GBP, JPY, EUR, AUD, CAD, DKK, NOK, ZAR, SEK, CHF, JOD, LBP, EGP.",
      "source_url": "https://www.boi.org.il/PublicApi/GetExchangeRates",
      "raw_snippet": "keys returned by the live endpoint: USD, GBP, JPY, EUR, AUD, CAD, DKK, NOK, ZAR, SEK, CHF, JOD, LBP, EGP (14 objects total).",
      "verified_by": "curl 2026-06-03"
    },
    {
      "claim": "Units vary by currency: JPY unit=100, LBP unit=10, most others unit=1.",
      "source_url": "https://www.boi.org.il/PublicApi/GetExchangeRates",
      "raw_snippet": "{\"key\":\"JPY\",\"currentExchangeRate\":1.7968,\"unit\":100,...}, {\"key\":\"LBP\",\"currentExchangeRate\":0.0003,\"unit\":10,...}",
      "verified_by": "curl 2026-06-03"
    },
    {
      "claim": "The JSON endpoint's ?date= parameter is ignored: passing an old date still returns today's rate (lastUpdate unchanged).",
      "source_url": "https://www.boi.org.il/PublicApi/GetExchangeRates?date=2025-06-03",
      "raw_snippet": "GetExchangeRates?date=2026-01-01 and GetExchangeRates?date=2025-06-03 both return USD 2.872 with lastUpdate 2026-06-03T12:22:02Z (identical to the no-date response).",
      "verified_by": "curl 2026-06-03"
    },
    {
      "claim": "Historical rates are available from the BOI SDMX EXR series at edge.boi.gov.il using RER_<CUR>_ILS with startPeriod/endPeriod and format=csv; parse OBS_VALUE keyed by TIME_PERIOD.",
      "source_url": "https://edge.boi.gov.il/FusionEdgeServer/sdmx/v2/data/dataflow/BOI.STATISTICS/EXR/1.0/RER_USD_ILS?startPeriod=2026-01-01&endPeriod=2026-01-15&format=csv",
      "raw_snippet": "Endpoint forms: https://edge.boi.gov.il/FusionEdgeServer/sdmx/v2/data/dataflow/ is the base path; pattern https://edge.boi.gov.il/FusionEdgeServer/sdmx/v2/data/dataflow/BOI.STATISTICS/EXR/1.0/RER_<CUR>_ILS ; concrete https://edge.boi.gov.il/FusionEdgeServer/sdmx/v2/data/dataflow/BOI.STATISTICS/EXR/1.0/RER_USD_ILS . CSV header: SERIES_CODE,FREQ,...,TIME_PERIOD,OBS_VALUE,RELEASE_STATUS then RER_USD_ILS,D,USD,ILS,...,2026-01-02,3.181,YP ... 2026-01-15,3.156,YP",
      "verified_by": "curl 2026-06-03"
    },
    {
      "claim": "The SDMX series omits non-publication days, so a walk-back to the most recent published date <= requested date is needed; e.g., requesting 2026-01-01 yields the 2025-12-31 rate of 3.19.",
      "source_url": "https://edge.b