Kraken Scraper

Kraken publishes a public ticker, but its own asset codes are the catch: Bitcoin is XBT, not BTC, and pairs come back as XXBTZUSD. This Actor takes the pair the way you write it, reads the public ticker, and returns one structured record: last trade, best bid and ask, 24h high, low and volume, and the day opening price.

What it does

• Returns one record per requested pair, in order. A pair Kraken does not list comes back with status: "failed" and a reason.
• Handles Kraken's asset codes for you. Send BTC/USD and the Actor resolves it to Kraken's own pair name, keeping your input in requested and Kraken's in symbol.
• Carries the day opening price next to the 24h window, which is the reference Kraken's own interface shows.
• Quotes most pairs in USD and EUR, not just USDT, so fiat pairs work directly.
• Needs no API key. The public ticker is unsigned.
• Stamps every record with validFrom, Kraken's own exchange time for that tick.

Use cases

You need to	How this Actor does it
Price a portfolio in fiat	Pass BTC/USD or ETH/EUR and skip the stablecoin conversion
Watch the spread on a pair	Subtract bid from ask on each run and alert on a widening book
Compare venues for the same pair	Run this next to the Binance, Bybit, OKX or Coinbase Actor and diff value at validFrom
Measure the move since the open	Compare value against openPrice on each run
Feed a trading agent	Call the Actor over MCP and let the model ask for the pair it needs
Build your own candles	Schedule the run and let the dataset accumulate one row per pair per run

Quick start

1. Click Try for free.
2. Add your pairs, one per line, as BASE/QUOTE: BTC/USD, ETH/EUR, SOL/USD. Write BTC, not Kraken's XBT, and the Actor converts.
3. Click Start. Rows appear within seconds.
4. Export as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML, or read the dataset over the API.

Input

Field	Type	Default	What it controls
pairs	array	BTC/USD, ETH/USD	Trading pairs to read, written BASE/QUOTE. Slashes are optional and case does not matter.
maxItems	integer	0	Caps how many pairs are read. 0 reads them all

{
    "pairs": [
        "BTC/USD",
        "ETH/EUR",
        "SOL/USD"
    ],
    "maxItems": 0
}

Output

One dataset item per pair. Fields Kraken does not publish are dropped rather than returned as null.

Field group	Fields
Identity	status, requested, symbol, currency, url
Price	value, bid, ask
24 hour window	high24h, low24h, baseVolume24h
Timing	validFrom, scrapedAt
Session	openPrice, trades24h

{
    "status": "ok",
    "requested": "BTC/USD",
    "symbol": "XXBTZUSD",
    "currency": "USD",
    "value": 104198.7,
    "bid": 104198.6,
    "ask": 104198.7,
    "high24h": 106512.0,
    "low24h": 103098.1,
    "baseVolume24h": 1284.55,
    "openPrice": 105877.4,
    "trades24h": 41208,
    "validFrom": "2026-09-04T20:00:01.000Z"
}

Integrations

Run it over the API and get the rows back in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/publicmoney~kraken-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"pairs": ["BTC/USD", "ETH/EUR", "SOL/USD"], "maxItems": 0}'

From Python:

from apify_client import ApifyClient

client = ApifyClient("YOUR_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("publicmoney/kraken-scraper").call(run_input={"pairs": ["BTC/USD", "ETH/EUR", "SOL/USD"], "maxItems": 0})
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item["symbol"], item["value"], item["validFrom"])

Give an AI agent the Actor over MCP:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?actors=publicmoney/kraken-scraper"
        }
    }
}

Schedules run it on any cron, webhooks fire when a run finishes, and platform integrations push the dataset to Google Sheets, Slack, Airtable, Zapier or your own endpoint.

Cost

Pay per event, so you pay for records rather than compute time.

Event	Free tier	Top volume tier
Record with data	$0.002	$0.0007
Actor start	$0.00005 per GB	Same

A record that returned no data is published as a failure row and is never charged. Six volume tiers apply, so the per-record price falls with monthly volume.

Troubleshooting

Issue	Solution
One pair returns failed, the rest are fine	That pair is not listed on this exchange, or the quote asset is wrong. Check it on the exchange first.
symbol looks nothing like what I sent	That is Kraken's own pair name. BTC/USD is XXBTZUSD to Kraken, and requested keeps your version.
I sent XBT/USD and it failed	Send BTC/USD. The Actor does the translation, so give it the common ticker.
A fiat pair is missing	Kraken does not list every base against every fiat. Check the pair on Kraken first.
value looks behind another exchange	Read validFrom. It is the exchange's own timestamp for that tick, so two venues legitimately differ. Prices are spot, not aggregated.

FAQ

Does the Kraken API need an API key?

Account and trading endpoints do. The public ticker does not, which is what this Actor reads.

Why does Kraken call Bitcoin XBT?

XBT is the ISO-style code for Bitcoin and Kraken uses it internally. You can send BTC and the Actor resolves it, then reports Kraken's own name in symbol.

Is this the real-time Kraken price?

It is the last trade Kraken published at validFrom, read live on each run. It is not a stream, so for tick-by-tick data use a websocket. For a price every minute or every hour, schedule the Actor.

Does it return Kraken candles or historical prices?

No. Each record is the current ticker. To build a series, schedule the Actor and let the dataset accumulate one row per pair per run, each stamped with validFrom.

Can I price in EUR or GBP?

Yes, for the pairs Kraken lists in that fiat. Kraken quotes far more fiat pairs than the USDT-only venues, so ETH/EUR works directly.

Do I need a Kraken API key?

No. You need an Apify token to call the Actor over the API. No Kraken credential is involved anywhere.

Can I get this data in Python?

Yes, with the apify-client package as shown above. It returns parsed JSON, so there is no HTML or response handling on your side.

Can I get the data into Excel or Google Sheets?

Yes. Export the dataset as XLSX or CSV, or connect the Google Sheets integration so each run appends to a sheet.

Can an AI agent call this Actor?

Yes. Add it to an MCP client with the config above and the model can request what it needs on its own. Every record is flat JSON with named fields, so no post-processing is needed.

Is it legal to scrape Kraken?

This Actor reads public Kraken data that needs no login and collects no personal data. Scraping public data is generally lawful, and how you store, redistribute or act on market data is governed by your own agreements and local rules. Take your own legal advice for your use case.

Changelog

• 0.0.2 Added the day opening price and the 24h trade count.
• 0.0.1 First release. Spot ticker for any listed pair.

Feedback

Found a field Kraken publishes that this Actor misses, or an input it rejects? Open an issue on the Issues tab with the input and what you expected. A daily test runs every Actor in the fleet against live sources, so parser fixes ship fast.