# Currency Rates Scraper (`cordate_jebel/currency-rates-scraper`) Actor

Latest and historical FX reference rates (ECB via Frankfurter + open.er-api.com, 160+ currencies), one flat row per date/currency. No API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/cordate\_jebel/currency-rates-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Andres Clap](https://apify.com/cordate_jebel) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

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

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Currency Rates Scraper

Latest and historical **foreign-exchange reference rates** from free, key-less
public APIs — flat rows ready for a spreadsheet, database, or Google Sheet.

### Sources

| source | coverage | history | notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Frankfurter](https://frankfurter.dev) | ~30 majors | daily back to 1999 | ECB reference rates, open-source |
| [open.er-api.com](https://www.exchangerate-api.com/docs/free) | 160+ currencies | latest only | free tier, no key, attribution required |

No paywalled providers are scraped.

### Input

| field | type | notes |
|---|---|---|
| `base` | string (req) | ISO 4217 code, default `USD` |
| `symbols` | string\[] | targets; empty = all the source offers |
| `mode` | `latest` | `timeseries` | |
| `source` | `frankfurter` | `erapi` | `both` | `latest` mode only; `both` merges, Frankfurter wins overlap |
| `startDate` / `endDate` | `YYYY-MM-DD` | `startDate` required for `timeseries` (Frankfurter/ECB) |
| `amount` | number | also report this much of `base` converted at each rate |

#### Examples

```json
{ "base": "USD", "symbols": ["EUR","GBP","JPY"], "mode": "latest", "source": "both" }
```

```json
{ "base": "EUR", "symbols": ["USD"], "mode": "timeseries", "startDate": "2024-01-01", "endDate": "2024-12-31" }
```

### Output

One row per `(date, symbol)`:

`date`, `base`, `symbol`, `currency_name`, `rate`, `amount`, `converted`, `source`

Run summary in the key-value store as `OUTPUT` (`{ base, mode, rowCount, range }`).

### Notes

- ECB publishes rates around 16:00 CET on TARGET business days — weekends/holidays
  carry the previous business day.
- `timeseries` always uses Frankfurter (the only key-less historical source).

# Actor input Schema

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

ISO 4217 code the rates are quoted against (e.g. USD, EUR, GBP).

## `symbols` (type: `array`):

ISO codes to return. Leave empty for every currency the source offers.

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

'latest' = newest rates. 'timeseries' = one row per day over a date range (Frankfurter / ECB only).

## `source` (type: `string`):

Frankfurter = ECB reference rates (~30 majors). open.er-api.com = 160+ currencies. 'both' merges them, Frankfurter winning on overlap.

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

YYYY-MM-DD. Required for timeseries mode. ECB data goes back to 1999.

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

YYYY-MM-DD. Defaults to today.

## `amount` (type: `integer`):

Optional. Each row also reports this amount of the base currency converted at the rate.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "base": "USD",
  "symbols": [
    "EUR",
    "GBP",
    "JPY",
    "CHF",
    "CAD"
  ],
  "mode": "latest",
  "source": "frankfurter",
  "amount": 1
}
```

# 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 = {
    "base": "USD",
    "symbols": [
        "EUR",
        "GBP",
        "JPY",
        "CHF",
        "CAD"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("cordate_jebel/currency-rates-scraper").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 = {
    "base": "USD",
    "symbols": [
        "EUR",
        "GBP",
        "JPY",
        "CHF",
        "CAD",
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("cordate_jebel/currency-rates-scraper").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 '{
  "base": "USD",
  "symbols": [
    "EUR",
    "GBP",
    "JPY",
    "CHF",
    "CAD"
  ]
}' |
apify call cordate_jebel/currency-rates-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

```

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/GCEgbFfeNenOgdYkn/builds/DONwWmNYz5TPgrK5X/openapi.json