# Currency Exchange Rates API (latest + historical) (`sashasecrier/currency-exchange-rates-api`) Actor

Central-bank reference exchange rates as clean JSON rows: latest, one past date, or a date range. No API key needed. Built for AI agents, reports and daily automations.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/sashasecrier/currency-exchange-rates-api.md
- **Developed by:** [Sasha Secrier](https://apify.com/sashasecrier) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $0.50 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

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

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Currency Exchange Rates API (central banks, latest + historical)

Get official reference exchange rates as clean JSON rows: the latest rates, one past day, or a whole date range. No API key, no setup.

### What you get

One row per date and target currency, with fields: date, base, target, rate, inverseRate and source.

Example row: date 2026-10-19, base USD, target EUR, rate 0.89087, inverseRate 1.12249823.

### Input

- base: currency to convert from (ISO code, e.g. USD).
- targets: list of ISO codes to convert to. Empty = every available currency.
- startDate: optional, YYYY-MM-DD. Empty = latest rates.
- endDate: optional. With startDate returns one row per working day and target (max 366 days).

### Good for

- AI agents and automations that need a trusted rate mid-task (call it from the Apify API or MCP).
- Spreadsheets and reports that need historical rates for invoices, bookkeeping or analytics.
- Scheduled runs (daily) that feed a database or webhook.

### Notes

- Rates are reference rates published by central banks (originally the European Central Bank), updated on working days. They are not live trading quotes and not financial advice.
- Data comes from the free Frankfurter API (frankfurter.dev). Its blended rates are free for commercial use per its site.
- Unknown currency codes or missing dates return a clear error message instead of empty data.

### Pricing

Pay per result (one row = one result). See the pricing box on this page.

# Actor input Schema

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

ISO 4217 code of the currency you convert from, e.g. EUR, USD, GBP.

## `targets` (type: `array`):

ISO codes to convert to, e.g. USD, RON. Leave empty to get all available currencies.

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

YYYY-MM-DD. Leave empty for the latest rates. With only a start date you get that single day (or the closest earlier working day).

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

YYYY-MM-DD. With a start date, returns one row per working day and target in the range. Max 366 days per run.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "base": "EUR",
  "targets": [
    "USD",
    "GBP"
  ]
}
```

# 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": "EUR",
    "targets": [
        "USD",
        "GBP"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("sashasecrier/currency-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 = {
    "base": "EUR",
    "targets": [
        "USD",
        "GBP",
    ],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("sashasecrier/currency-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 '{
  "base": "EUR",
  "targets": [
    "USD",
    "GBP"
  ]
}' |
apify call sashasecrier/currency-exchange-rates-api --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,sashasecrier/currency-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/MhPEGUKPHJF5sgX3k/builds/COxT0LON9GerSw6Jd/openapi.json