📈 Currency Tracker Plus

Track currency exchange rates with historical context.

Currency Tracker Plus is an Apify Actor that monitors a specific currency pair (e.g., EUR/USD). It provides the current real-time exchange rate and compares it with performance over the last 3 trading days.

Features

• Real-time Rates: Fetches the latest exchange rate immediately.
• Historical Analysis: Retrieves closing rates for the last 3 business days.
• Flexible Pairs: Default is EUR against USD, but fully configurable (e.g., GBP against JPY).
• Frankfurter API: Powered by the open-source Frankfurter API for reliable data.
• JSON Output: Returns logical, structured data for easy integration.

Use Cases

• Financial Monitoring: Keep an eye on specific currency trends.
• Dashboard Integration: Feed data into internal financial dashboards.
• Trigger-based Alerts: Use Apify webhooks to alert you if the rate drops/peaks (requires downstream logic).

Input Configuration

The Actor accepts the following input fields:

Field	Type	Default	Description
currency	String	EUR	Required. The target currency code (ISO 4217).
baseCurrency	String	USD	The base currency to compare against.

Example Input

{
    "currency": "GBP",
    "baseCurrency": "EUR"
}

Output

The Actor pushes results to the default dataset. Each item represents a data point (either the current rate or a historical day).

Output Fields

• date (String): Date of the rate (YYYY-MM-DD).
• rate (Number): The exchange rate.
• currency (String): Target currency.
• baseCurrency (String): Base currency.
• rateType (String):
  • current: The live/latest rate fetched.
  • history: A historical closing rate.

Example Output

[
  {
    "date": "2024-05-21",
    "rate": 1.0865,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "baseCurrency": "USD",
    "rateType": "current"
  },
  {
    "date": "2024-05-20",
    "rate": 1.0850,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "baseCurrency": "USD",
    "rateType": "history"
  },
  {
    "date": "2024-05-17",
    "rate": 1.0872,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "baseCurrency": "USD",
    "rateType": "history"
  },
  {
    "date": "2024-05-16",
    "rate": 1.0885,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "baseCurrency": "USD",
    "rateType": "history"
  }
]

License

This Actor is open-source.

Resources

• Frankfurter API
• Apify SDK for JavaScript
• Apify Platform