# Exchange Rates API: ECB Daily & Historical, $0.50/1K, No Login (`conserving_celerytop/exchange-rates-api`) Actor

ECB reference rates are free on the ECB website; this Actor charges for the convenience of an API. Latest, one date or a range back to 1999, any base currency (cross rates are marked as calculated), with the inverse rate. $0.50 per 1,000 rates.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/conserving_celerytop/exchange-rates-api.md
- **Developed by:** [Don Mangu](https://apify.com/conserving_celerytop) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.35 / 1,000 exchange rates

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

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

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

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# README

## Exchange Rates API: ECB Daily & Historical, $0.50/1K, No Login

Get official ECB exchange rates as an API for $0.50 per 1,000 rates. The ECB publishes these rates free of charge on its website (https://data.ecb.europa.eu/data/datasets/EXR/); this Actor charges only for the convenience of an API with clean rows, any base currency and no code to write.

This Actor is unofficial. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the European Central Bank (ECB). The author built it.

### What does Exchange Rates API do?

It reads the euro foreign exchange reference rates directly from the ECB Data Portal API (data-api.ecb.europa.eu) and returns one row per date and currency. You get the latest rates, the rates of one date, or a daily history back to 1999 for about 30 currencies. Each row has the rate and the inverse rate.

The ECB publishes the rates once a day on working days, at about 14:15 CET. They are reference rates for information, not live trading prices.

- **Accounting and invoicing:** convert invoices at the ECB rate of their date.
- **Reporting:** pull a year of daily rates for monthly or yearly averages.
- **Price lists:** run a daily job that feeds the latest rates into a database.

**Try it now.** The form opens with the latest euro rates for six currencies. Click **Start**. It takes a few seconds and costs under a cent.

### Source, free access and changed values

- **Source:** every row has a `source` field that names the European Central Bank as the source.
- **Free of charge:** every row has a `freeOfChargeNotice` field. It says that the rates are available free of charge from the ECB website and gives the link.
- **Modified values:** the ECB publishes rates against the euro only. If you choose a base other than EUR, this Actor calculates the cross rate as `EUR/currency` divided by `EUR/base`. These rows have `calculated: true` and a `calculationNote`. The ECB does not publish these cross rates. The `inverseRate` is always calculated by this Actor (1 divided by the rate), and the note says so. Rates with `calculated: false` are as published by the ECB.

### How to use the exchange rates API

1. Pick **Which rates**: Latest rates, One date or Date range.
2. Set the **Base currency**, such as EUR or USD.
3. Enter **Target currencies**, or leave empty for all of them.
4. For a date or range, set **Date**, or **From date** and **To date**.
5. Click **Start**, then open the **Exchange rates** table.

### How much does the exchange rates API cost?

| Event | Price |
|---|---|
| Exchange rate (`rate`) | $0.0005 ($0.50 per 1,000) |
| Unknown currency, date without rates or API error | Free |

Apify adds only its small standard fee per run start. You can set a spending limit on any run. The Actor stops cleanly when it reaches the limit.

Example: a year of daily rates for 5 currencies is 1,275 rows (255 working days times 5 currencies). That costs 1,275 x $0.0005 = $0.64.

### Input

```json
{
  "mode": "latest",
  "base": "EUR",
  "currencies": ["USD", "GBP", "JPY", "CHF", "CNY", "INR"]
}
```

A date range:

```json
{
  "mode": "range",
  "base": "USD",
  "currencies": ["EUR", "GBP"],
  "startDate": "2025-10-01",
  "endDate": "2026-09-30"
}
```

### Output

One row per result. This is a real row from a run with base EUR:

```json
{
  "date": "2026-10-13",
  "base": "EUR",
  "currency": "USD",
  "currencyName": "US dollar",
  "rate": 1.1188,
  "inverseRate": 0.8938148,
  "calculated": false,
  "calculationNote": "Rate as published by the ECB. The inverse rate is calculated by this Actor (1 divided by the rate).",
  "requestedDate": null,
  "source": "European Central Bank (ECB) euro foreign exchange reference rates, ECB Data Portal (data.ecb.europa.eu)",
  "freeOfChargeNotice": "These rates can be obtained free of charge from the ECB website: https://data.ecb.europa.eu/data/datasets/EXR/. This Actor charges only for the convenience of the API.",
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "charged": true
}
```

With base USD and currency GBP on the same date, `rate` is 0.7549159814 and `calculated` is `true`.

`status` is `ok` for rates, which are charged. `invalid_currency`, `no_rates` (for example a currency the ECB no longer publishes) and `api_error` rows are free. The reason is in `error`.

### FAQ

**Where do the rates come from?** From the ECB euro foreign exchange reference rates, read from the ECB Data Portal API. This Actor is not made by or affiliated with the ECB.

**Are the rates free?** Yes, at the source. You can get the same rates free of charge from the ECB website. This Actor charges for the convenience of the API, the clean rows, the date ranges and the cross rates.

**Can I use the rates commercially?** The ECB allows reuse when the ECB is named as the source. Keep the `source` field. The ECB publishes the rates for information only, so check legal or tax figures against the ECB's own publication.

**Why are there no rates on weekends?** The ECB publishes rates only on working days. With One date you get the last published rate before that day, and `requestedDate` shows the date you asked for. With Date range you get only the days the ECB published.

**Which base currencies work?** Any currency the ECB publishes, and EUR. The ECB itself publishes only euro rates. Other bases are calculated cross rates and are marked.

**Which currencies are covered?** About 30 currently published by the ECB (USD, GBP, JPY, CHF, CNY, INR and others). Discontinued currencies, such as RUB, appear only for dates when the ECB published them.

**Are these live market rates?** No. They are daily reference rates, not live trading prices.

### Related Actors

These Actors are built by the same author. Each answers one kind of question from an official public source, so an AI agent or a workflow can pick the right one by the question. All return one clean row per record, a `source` field naming the original publisher, and free rows for errors and empty results.

| Question | Actor |
| --- | --- |
| What did US federal agencies publish: rules, proposed rules, notices, comment deadlines? | [Federal Register API](https://apify.com/conserving_celerytop/federal-register-api) |
| Which drugs, devices or foods were recalled, and what adverse events were reported? | [FDA Recalls & Drug Adverse Events](https://apify.com/conserving_celerytop/openfda-scraper) |
| Who won a US federal contract or grant? | [USAspending Awards API](https://apify.com/conserving_celerytop/usaspending-awards-api) |
| Which public tenders are open in the EU and the UK? | [Public Tenders API](https://apify.com/conserving_celerytop/eu-uk-public-tenders) |
| What is the US national debt, a Treasury interest rate or an auction result? | [Treasury Fiscal Data API](https://apify.com/conserving_celerytop/treasury-fiscal-data-api) |
| What did a public company file with the SEC, and what are its financials? | [SEC EDGAR Filings API](https://apify.com/conserving_celerytop/sec-edgar-filings-api), [SEC Company Financials API](https://apify.com/conserving_celerytop/sec-company-financials-api) |
| Which startups raised money (SEC Form D)? | [Startup Funding Rounds Tracker](https://apify.com/conserving_celerytop/form-d-funding-rounds) |
| Who is this company in an official register, and who owns it? | [Company Registry Search](https://apify.com/conserving_celerytop/open-company-registries), [GLEIF Ownership Change Monitor](https://apify.com/conserving_celerytop/gleif-ownership-change-monitor-api) |
| Is this company hiring, and for which roles? | [Career Page Jobs Scraper](https://apify.com/conserving_celerytop/live-career-page-jobs-api) |
| Which open access journals and articles cover a topic? | [DOAJ API](https://apify.com/conserving_celerytop/doaj-open-access-api) |
| What are the citation details of a paper or DOI? | [Crossref Works Search](https://apify.com/conserving_celerytop/crossref-works-search) |
| Which new preprints match a topic? | [Preprint Papers API](https://apify.com/conserving_celerytop/preprint-papers-api) |

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

The latest published rates, the rates of one date, or every working day in a date range.

## `base` (type: `string`):

3-letter code of the currency to convert from, such as EUR, USD or GBP. Rates for other bases are cross rates calculated by this Actor from the ECB euro rates (marked calculated: true).

## `currencies` (type: `array`):

3-letter codes, one per line, such as USD, JPY or CHF. Leave empty for all ECB currencies (about 30).

## `date` (type: `string`):

For One date: the date, such as 2024-01-31. On weekends and holidays you get the last published rates; requestedDate shows what you asked for.

## `startDate` (type: `string`):

For Date range: the first date, such as 2024-01-01, or a period such as 30 days (back from today).

## `endDate` (type: `string`):

For Date range: the last date. Leave empty for today.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many rates.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "latest",
  "base": "EUR",
  "currencies": [
    "USD",
    "GBP",
    "JPY",
    "CHF",
    "CNY",
    "INR"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

Exchange rates

## `all` (type: `string`):

Every row with every field.

## `stats` (type: `string`):

Results, free rows, requests and time.

# 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 = {
    "mode": "latest",
    "base": "EUR",
    "currencies": [
        "USD",
        "GBP",
        "JPY",
        "CHF",
        "CNY",
        "INR"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("conserving_celerytop/exchange-rates-api").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 = {
    "mode": "latest",
    "base": "EUR",
    "currencies": [
        "USD",
        "GBP",
        "JPY",
        "CHF",
        "CNY",
        "INR",
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("conserving_celerytop/exchange-rates-api").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 '{
  "mode": "latest",
  "base": "EUR",
  "currencies": [
    "USD",
    "GBP",
    "JPY",
    "CHF",
    "CNY",
    "INR"
  ]
}' |
apify call conserving_celerytop/exchange-rates-api --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,conserving_celerytop/exchange-rates-api"
        }
    }
}
```

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/bwBquw4QWWHfJ3R6E/builds/E67wJxGFNSVtGDiL6/openapi.json