# Trading Economics API: Get commodity prices > Gets current commodity prices and price movements from the Trading Economics commodities page, in the page's group order; filter by a commodity name, slug, symbol or group (e.g. copper, energy), or leave blank for all groups including Electricity. Unofficial. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Trading Economics. - Page: https://fous.com/methods/tradingeconomics.com/get-commodity-prices - Method: `tradingeconomics.com/get_commodity_prices`, version 1 - Website: tradingeconomics.com - Returns: commodity, group, price, unit, daily change, daily/weekly/monthly/YTD/yearly percent, price date, page URL - Effect: read (it gets data and changes nothing) - Sign-in: none needed - Cost: 1 credit per completed run (1ยข with pay as you go); failed runs are free - Verified: Nov 2, 2026 ## Inputs | Field | Type | Required | In the run below | Description | |---|---|---|---|---| | `commodity` | string | no | | Commodity name or group to return, for example "copper", "crude oil", "wheat", or "metals". Leave blank for all groups. Default "". | ## Output From a run on Oct 31, 2026, shortened. Its input: ```json {} ``` Its output: ```json { "commodities": [ { "unit": "USD per barrel", "group": "Energy", "price": 93.978, "page_url": "https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/crude-oil", "commodity": "Crude Oil", "price_date": "2026-09-29", "daily_change": 1.3778, "daily_percent": 1.49, "weekly_percent": 3.8199, "yearly_percent": 50.6779, "monthly_percent": 9.5823, "year_to_date_percent": 63.6674 }, { "unit": "USD per barrel", "group": "Energy", "price": 106.942, "page_url": "https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/brent-crude-oil", "commodity": "Brent", "price_date": "2026-09-29", "daily_change": 1.6624, "daily_percent": 1.58, "weekly_percent": 7.7505, "yearly_percent": 61.9603, "monthly_percent": 18.1815, "year_to_date_percent": 75.7476 }, { "unit": "USD per million British thermal units", "group": "Energy", "price": 3.1377, "page_url": "https://tradingeconomics.com/commodity/natural-gas", "commodity": "Natural gas", "price_date": "2026-09-29", "daily_change": 0.0317, "daily_percent": 1.02, "weekly_percent": 5.8246, "yearly_percent": -5.0045, "monthly_percent": 6.9063, "year_to_date_percent": -14.8752 } ] } ``` ## Run it From code, with a Fous API key in `FOUS_API_KEY`; the answer's `data` holds the output: ```bash curl https://api.fous.com/v1/runs \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $FOUS_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"method":"tradingeconomics.com/get_commodity_prices","input":{}}' ``` From an AI agent connected to the Fous MCP server: its `run` with the same method and input. To connect one, give it `set up https://fous.com/SKILL.md`. ## Ask your agent - What's the current price of copper and how much has it moved this week and year-to-date? - Pull the latest energy commodity prices from tradingeconomics.com, including Brent, WTI and natural gas with their daily percent changes - Show me today's wheat price per bushel along with its monthly and yearly performance - I need a full snapshot of all commodity groups on Trading Economics right now, electricity included - How are gold, silver and the other metals doing today? Give me prices, units and daily changes. ## Input schema ```json { "type": "object", "properties": { "commodity": { "type": "string", "default": "", "description": "Commodity name or group to return, for example \"copper\", \"crude oil\", \"wheat\", or \"metals\". Leave blank for all groups." } } } ``` ## Output schema ```json { "type": "object", "required": [ "commodities" ], "properties": { "commodities": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "commodity", "group", "price", "unit", "daily_change", "daily_percent", "weekly_percent", "monthly_percent", "year_to_date_percent", "yearly_percent", "price_date", "page_url" ], "properties": { "unit": { "type": [ "string", "null" ] }, "group": { "type": "string" }, "price": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "page_url": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" }, "commodity": { "type": "string" }, "price_date": { "type": [ "string", "null" ], "format": "date" }, "daily_change": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "daily_percent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "weekly_percent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "yearly_percent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "monthly_percent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] }, "year_to_date_percent": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] } }, "additionalProperties": false } } }, "additionalProperties": false } ``` ## See more - [Trading Economics API: Get country economic overview](https://fous.com/methods/tradingeconomics.com/get-country-overview.md): Returns seven key economic indicators for a country from its public Trading Economics overview: GDP growth rate, inflation rate, interest rate, unemployment rate, government debt to GDP, currency and stock market. 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