# Frankfurter Foreign Exchange and Currency Rates Radar (`adaptive_nightmare/frankfurter-forex-radar`) Actor

Extract official European Central Bank forex reference rates, real-time currency conversions, and multi-currency historical quotes without API keys.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/adaptive_nightmare/frankfurter-forex-radar.md
- **Developed by:** [Darim Quraishi](https://apify.com/adaptive_nightmare) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

$0.80 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Frankfurter Foreign Exchange and Currency Rates Radar

Extract verified foreign exchange rates and currency conversion ratios published by the European Central Bank (ECB) via the Frankfurter open API.

### Features

- Extracts official daily currency reference rates for over 30 global fiat currencies.
- Calculates direct and reciprocal inverse exchange rates automatically.
- Allows arbitrary base currency conversions across major economic currencies.
- Operates via public REST endpoints with zero API keys and zero rate limiting thresholds.
- Outputs structured records formatted for export to JSON, CSV, Excel, or financial ERP systems.

### Input parameters

- Base Currency: ISO 4217 three-letter currency code (such as USD, EUR, GBP, or JPY). Default is USD.
- Target Currencies Filter: Optional comma-separated list of symbols to restrict results (such as EUR,GBP,CAD).

### Output dataset fields

Each dataset record contains:

- baseCurrency: Denominating currency code.
- targetCurrency: Quoted target currency code.
- exchangeRate: Numerical conversion multiplier.
- inverseRate: Numerical reciprocal value (1 / exchangeRate).
- rateDate: Official European Central Bank publication date.
- source: Authoritative financial reference source.
- scrapedAt: UTC timestamp when the data was extracted.

### Use cases

- Multi-currency e-commerce: Daily price table synchronization for international storefronts.
- Financial reporting: Automated currency revaluation and ledger reconciliation for accounting teams.
- Travel budgeting: Live conversion calculation for global travel planners.

# Actor input Schema

## `baseCurrency` (type: `string`):

Three letter currency code (for example: USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, or CAD).

## `targetCurrencies` (type: `string`):

Optional comma-separated list of target currency codes (for example: EUR,GBP,JPY). Leave blank to collect all available rates.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "baseCurrency": "USD"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("adaptive_nightmare/frankfurter-forex-radar").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("adaptive_nightmare/frankfurter-forex-radar").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call adaptive_nightmare/frankfurter-forex-radar --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,adaptive_nightmare/frankfurter-forex-radar"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/0q2lcWG0wrfF7MxWg/builds/0evmeGXhgsfYJ2c3K/openapi.json