# Exchange Rates — Live & Historical Currency Rates (`omao/exchange-rates`) Actor

Get live or historical foreign-exchange rates (ECB reference rates) for any base and target currencies. One clean JSON row per currency pair with rate, date and amount. No API key, no anti-bot.

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

## Pricing

from $0.72 / 1,000 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/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md):

```bash
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```

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```bash
pip install apify-client
```

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````bash
# MacOS / Linux
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# Windows
irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex
```bash

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# README

## Exchange Rates — Live & Historical FX Rates to JSON

**Get live or historical foreign-exchange rates as clean JSON.** Pick base and target currencies (and optionally a date) and get back a tidy row per currency pair with the rate, date and converted amount. Based on official ECB reference rates — no API key, no anti-bot.

> AI-agent ready: this Actor is callable and payable by AI agents via [x402](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/x402) (USDC on Base), no Apify account required.

A simple, reliable FX rates API for finance apps, invoicing, analytics and reporting.

### Who uses this

- 💱 **Finance & fintech apps** — convert and display up-to-date rates.
- 🧾 **Invoicing & accounting** — apply correct rates by date.
- 📊 **Analysts & researchers** — build historical FX datasets.
- 🛒 **E-commerce & pricing** — localize prices across currencies.
- 🧑‍💻 **Developers** — a clean rates endpoint by pair and date.

### What you get — one clean row per currency pair

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `base` | Base currency (e.g. EUR) |
| `target` | Target currency (e.g. USD) |
| `rate` | Exchange rate |
| `amount` | Converted amount (base × rate) |
| `pair` | `BASE/TARGET` label |
| `date` | Rate date (live or historical) |
| `scrapedAt` | Provenance |

### Example

**Input**
```json
{ "baseCurrencies": ["EUR", "USD"], "targetCurrencies": ["USD", "GBP", "JPY"], "amount": 100, "date": "2025-01-15" }
````

*(omit `date` for the latest rates)*

**Output (one item)**

```json
{
  "base": "EUR", "target": "USD",
  "rate": 1.0285, "amount": 102.85,
  "pair": "EUR/USD", "date": "2025-01-15"
}
```

### Why this actor

- ✅ **Official ECB reference rates** — trusted, widely used.
- 🕒 **Live *or* historical** — omit or set a date.
- 🔁 **Many pairs at once** — cross every base against every target.
- 💰 **Built-in conversion** — pass an `amount` to get converted values.
- ⚡ **Fast & affordable** — pay only per pair returned. No key, no anti-bot.

### Input options

- `baseCurrencies` — base currency codes (e.g. `EUR`, `USD`).
- `targetCurrencies` — target currency codes.
- `date` — optional `YYYY-MM-DD` for historical rates (latest if omitted).
- `amount` — optional amount to convert (default 1).

### FAQ

**Live or historical?** Both — set `date` for a past day, or leave it empty for the latest rates.

**Which rates source?** European Central Bank (ECB) reference rates.

**Can I get many pairs in one run?** Yes — every base is crossed against every target, one row per pair.

**Does it convert amounts?** Yes — set `amount` and each row includes the converted value.

**Can I export to CSV/Excel/Google Sheets?** Yes — the dataset exports to JSON, CSV, Excel and HTML, or pull it via the API.

**What does it cost?** Pay-per-pair — you're only charged for pairs actually returned.

***

*Tip: run a fixed date range on your key pairs to build your own FX history table.*

# Actor input Schema

## `baseCurrencies` (type: `array`):

Base currencies (ISO codes, e.g. EUR, USD). One request per base.

## `targetCurrencies` (type: `array`):

Only return these target currencies. Leave empty for all available.

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

Historical date YYYY-MM-DD. Leave empty for the latest rates.

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

Amount of base currency to convert.

## `healthCheckMode` (type: `boolean`):

Internal monitoring: fetch canary rates and FAIL if broken (no billing).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "baseCurrencies": [
    "USD",
    "GBP"
  ],
  "targetCurrencies": [
    "USD",
    "GBP",
    "JPY"
  ],
  "amount": 1,
  "healthCheckMode": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `rates` (type: `string`):

All currency pairs with rate, amount and date.

# 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 = {
    "baseCurrencies": [
        "EUR"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("omao/exchange-rates").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 = { "baseCurrencies": ["EUR"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("omao/exchange-rates").call(run_input=run_input)

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

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

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "baseCurrencies": [
    "EUR"
  ]
}' |
apify call omao/exchange-rates --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=omao/exchange-rates",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

```json
{
    "openapi": "3.0.1",
    "info": {
        "title": "Exchange Rates — Live & Historical Currency Rates",
        "description": "Get live or historical foreign-exchange rates (ECB reference rates) for any base and target currencies. One clean JSON row per currency pair with rate, date and amount. No API key, no anti-bot.",
        "version": "0.1",
        "x-build-id": "BEqQqlIdubPg72ecM"
    },
    "servers": [
        {
            "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2"
        }
    ],
    "paths": {
        "/acts/omao~exchange-rates/run-sync-get-dataset-items": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-omao-exchange-rates",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/omao~exchange-rates/runs": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "runs-sync-omao-exchange-rates",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK",
                        "content": {
                            "application/json": {
                                "schema": {
                                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema"
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                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        },
        "/acts/omao~exchange-rates/run-sync": {
            "post": {
                "operationId": "run-sync-omao-exchange-rates",
                "x-openai-isConsequential": false,
                "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.",
                "tags": [
                    "Run Actor"
                ],
                "requestBody": {
                    "required": true,
                    "content": {
                        "application/json": {
                            "schema": {
                                "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                "parameters": [
                    {
                        "name": "token",
                        "in": "query",
                        "required": true,
                        "schema": {
                            "type": "string"
                        },
                        "description": "Enter your Apify token here"
                    }
                ],
                "responses": {
                    "200": {
                        "description": "OK"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "components": {
        "schemas": {
            "inputSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "baseCurrencies": {
                        "title": "Base currencies",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Base currencies (ISO codes, e.g. EUR, USD). One request per base.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "targetCurrencies": {
                        "title": "Target currencies (optional)",
                        "type": "array",
                        "description": "Only return these target currencies. Leave empty for all available.",
                        "items": {
                            "type": "string"
                        }
                    },
                    "date": {
                        "title": "Date (optional)",
                        "type": "string",
                        "description": "Historical date YYYY-MM-DD. Leave empty for the latest rates."
                    },
                    "amount": {
                        "title": "Amount",
                        "minimum": 1,
                        "type": "integer",
                        "description": "Amount of base currency to convert.",
                        "default": 1
                    },
                    "healthCheckMode": {
                        "title": "Health-check mode",
                        "type": "boolean",
                        "description": "Internal monitoring: fetch canary rates and FAIL if broken (no billing).",
                        "default": false
                    }
                }
            },
            "runsResponseSchema": {
                "type": "object",
                "properties": {
                    "data": {
                        "type": "object",
                        "properties": {
                            "id": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "actId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "userId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "startedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "finishedAt": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "format": "date-time",
                                "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z"
                            },
                            "status": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "READY"
                            },
                            "meta": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "origin": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "API"
                                    },
                                    "userAgent": {
                                        "type": "string"
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "stats": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "inputBodyLen": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2000
                                    },
                                    "rebootCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "restartCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "resurrectCount": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "computeUnits": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "options": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "build": {
                                        "type": "string",
                                        "example": "latest"
                                    },
                                    "timeoutSecs": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 300
                                    },
                                    "memoryMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1024
                                    },
                                    "diskMbytes": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 2048
                                    }
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                            },
                            "buildId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultKeyValueStoreId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultDatasetId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "defaultRequestQueueId": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "buildNumber": {
                                "type": "string",
                                "example": "1.0.0"
                            },
                            "containerUrl": {
                                "type": "string"
                            },
                            "usage": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATASET_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 1
                                    },
                                    "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
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                                    },
                                    "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": {
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                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": {
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                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": {
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                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    },
                                    "PROXY_SERPS": {
                                        "type": "integer",
                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            },
                            "usageTotalUsd": {
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                            },
                            "usageUsd": {
                                "type": "object",
                                "properties": {
                                    "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": {
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                                    },
                                    "DATASET_READS": {
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                                        "example": 0
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                                    },
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                                    },
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                                        "example": 0
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                                        "example": 0
                                    }
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
```