# Exchange Rates Scraper - Live & Historical FX (`scrapesage/exchange-rates-scraper`) Actor

Get live and historical foreign-exchange rates for 30+ currencies (ECB reference rates): one clean row per base-to-target pair with the rate, inverse rate and date. Latest, a single past date, or a full time series. No API key, no browser.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/scrapesage/exchange-rates-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Scrape Sage](https://apify.com/scrapesage) (community)
- **Categories:** Other, Agents, Integrations
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.30 / 1,000 rate collecteds

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

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
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.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Exchange Rates Scraper - Live & Historical FX

Get **live and historical foreign-exchange rates** for **30+ currencies** (European Central Bank
reference rates) as clean rows: one row per **base-to-target** pair with the **rate**, **inverse rate**
and **date**. Fetch the **latest** rates, a **single past date**, or a **full time series** over a range.
No key, no browser.

### What you get per rate

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `base` / `target` | The currency pair (convert FROM base TO target) |
| `rate` / `inverseRate` | The exchange rate and its inverse |
| `date` | The rate's date (ECB publishes on business days) |
| `source` | Which upstream served it |

### Input

```json
{ "mode": "latest", "baseCurrencies": ["USD", "EUR"], "targetCurrencies": ["GBP", "JPY"] }
```

- **Mode** - `latest`, `historical` (a single `date`), or `timeseries` (`dateFrom`..`dateTo`).
- **Base currencies** - 3-letter ISO codes to convert from (defaults to USD). **Target currencies** -
  codes to convert to (empty = all available). **Output fields** trim every record.

Leave everything empty and the run returns USD latest rates for every currency.

### Reliability

Reads the [Frankfurter API](https://frankfurter.dev/) (ECB reference rates, with history) plus an
[exchangerate-api](https://www.exchangerate-api.com/) fallback for latest - both public, keyless, no
anti-bot. A run with no valid currencies bills **$0**.

### Honest limits

- **ECB reference rates cover ~30 major currencies** (USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, CHF, CNY, and more) and are
  published on **business days only** - weekends/holidays carry the previous business day's rate, and
  exotic or crypto currencies are not included. That is the ECB dataset, not a scraping gap.
- **Rates are daily reference rates**, not live intraday tick data - for trading feeds use a markets source.

### Pricing

**$0.0006 per rate** on the FREE tier (tiered pricing lowers it with volume) - priced for bulk, since a
time series produces many rows. Only saved rates are billed.

### Output views

- **Rates** - base, target, rate, inverse rate, date.

### Use with AI assistants (MCP)

Available through the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp) - an agent can
convert a price between currencies, pull a currency pair's history for a chart, or refresh a rate table
in one call.

### Agent-ready: autonomous payments (x402 & Skyfire)

This actor is **agent-ready** - AI agents can discover it, run it, and **pay for it autonomously**, with no Apify account and no human in the loop. It uses [pay-per-event](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/publishing/monetize/pay-per-event) pricing and [limited permissions](https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/development/permissions), so it qualifies for Apify's agentic-payment standards:

- **[x402](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/x402)** - an open, HTTP-native payment protocol. Agents pay per run in USDC on the Base network directly through the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp) - no account, no API key.
- **[Skyfire](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/skyfire)** - agent-to-service payments for fully autonomous AI-agent workflows.

Building an AI agent, MCP tool, or autonomous data pipeline? This scraper is ready to plug in and pay as it goes.

# Actor input Schema

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

Latest rates, a single past date, or a time series over a date range.

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

3-letter ISO currency codes to convert FROM, one per line - e.g. <code>USD</code>, <code>EUR</code>, <code>GBP</code>. Defaults to USD if empty.

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

3-letter ISO codes to convert TO - e.g. <code>JPY</code>, <code>CHF</code>. Leave empty for all available currencies.

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

For <b>historical</b> mode: the date to fetch (YYYY-MM-DD), e.g. <code>2024-01-15</code>.

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

For <b>timeseries</b> mode: start date (YYYY-MM-DD).

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

For <b>timeseries</b> mode: end date (YYYY-MM-DD). Defaults to yesterday if empty.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Overall cap on saved rate rows. You are only charged for rates actually saved.

## `outputFields` (type: `array`):

Pick the fields you want and every record is trimmed to exactly those.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "latest",
  "baseCurrencies": [
    "USD",
    "EUR"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100000
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Each record - a base-to-target FX rate with date and inverse - as a JSON item in the default dataset.

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

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

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

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,scrapesage/exchange-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/uyw3v5PRLrPys4na5/builds/4FDFwaJU3Ngbmf1yV/openapi.json