[SOLVED] The maximum allowed API amount of monthly API requests has been reached

The maximum allowed API amount of monthly API requests has been reached

I am using exchanger api (florianv/laravel-swap) for foreign currency exchange rates in my laravel Project.

my composer.json snipped for relevance :

"require": {
    "php": "^7.1.3",
    "florianv/laravel-swap": "^1.3",
},

While the api is giving values in my local environment, it is throwing an exception in production environment.

    The chain resulted in 2 exception(s): 
    Exchanger\Exception\Exception: The maximum allowed API amount of 
    monthly API requests has been reached. 
    Exchanger\Exception\Exception: The currency is not supported or 
    Google changed the response format

The Error is pretty clear on itself. But before I upgrade the api plan, I thought I would try with another api key, I got a free api key from fixer.io and inserted it in config/swap.php file in my project.

/*Config/Swap.php*/
'services' => [
    'fixer' => [
        'access_key' => 'MY_ACCESS_KEY', // Your app id
    ],
    'google' => true,
],

The error still persists.

Am i supposed to enter the key somewhere else? How is it working on my local environment and not in the production?

Solution