# FX Rates (`sterlingverify/fx-rates-ecb`) Actor

ECB exchange rates and FX rates: daily euro foreign exchange reference rates for 30 currencies, re-based to any base (GBP, USD, EUR...). Get a date range of rates for reconciliation, or convert a list of amounts at the rate on a given date. Free official data, no API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/sterlingverify/fx-rates-ecb.md
- **Developed by:** [Luke Mangan](https://apify.com/sterlingverify) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Developer tools, Automation
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## Pricing

$0.20 / 1,000 rate row returneds

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.

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

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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

## FX Rates

Daily ECB euro foreign exchange reference rates for 30 currencies, re-based to any base (GBP, USD, EUR...). Get a date range of rates for reconciliation, or convert a list of amounts at the rate on a given date. Free official data, no API key.

### How it works

Rates are the European Central Bank's euro foreign exchange reference rates (published around 16:00 CET on TARGET working days), fetched through the free open-source Frankfurter API and re-based by cross-rate through EUR. ECB statistics may be reused, including commercially, with the source acknowledged. Unsupported currency codes or bad conversion rows are reported with `ok: false` and not charged.

### Output

`type, date, base, currency, rate, inverseRate, amount, convertedAmount, ok`

### Pricing (pay-per-event)

- `rate-row`: **$0.0002** per result ($0.2 / 1,000). Platform usage is included; you pay only for results.

### Example input

```json
{
  "baseCurrency": "GBP",
  "currencies": [
    "EUR",
    "USD",
    "PLN"
  ],
  "startDate": "2026-01-01",
  "endDate": "2026-03-31"
}
```

### Example output

```json
{
  "type": "rate",
  "date": "2026-10-12",
  "base": "GBP",
  "currency": "USD",
  "rate": "1.3235",
  "inverseRate": 0.755572,
  "amount": 100,
  "convertedAmount": 132.35,
  "ok": true
}
```

### Disclaimer

ECB reference rates are for information only: they are not the rates your bank, card scheme or PSP applies. Not affiliated with the ECB or Frankfurter.

Part of the **SterlingVerify** UK payments & compliance toolkit. See also: UK Company Check, UK Sanctions Screener, Merchant Compliance Checker, Payments Stack Detector, PSP Status Monitor.

# Actor input Schema

## `baseCurrency` (type: `string`):

ISO code, e.g. GBP, EUR, USD.

## `currencies` (type: `array`):

Quote currencies.

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

YYYY-MM-DD. Default: 7 days ago. Data from 1999.

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

YYYY-MM-DD. Default: today.

## `conversions` (type: `array`):

List of {amount, from, to, date}. date is optional (latest if empty); weekends and holidays use the previous ECB rate.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "baseCurrency": "GBP",
  "currencies": [
    "EUR",
    "USD"
  ],
  "conversions": [
    {
      "amount": 100,
      "from": "GBP",
      "to": "USD",
      "date": "2026-01-05"
    }
  ]
}
```

# Actor output Schema

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

All results 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 = {
    "baseCurrency": "GBP",
    "currencies": [
        "EUR",
        "USD"
    ],
    "conversions": [
        {
            "amount": 100,
            "from": "GBP",
            "to": "USD",
            "date": "2026-01-05"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("sterlingverify/fx-rates-ecb").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 = {
    "baseCurrency": "GBP",
    "currencies": [
        "EUR",
        "USD",
    ],
    "conversions": [{
            "amount": 100,
            "from": "GBP",
            "to": "USD",
            "date": "2026-01-05",
        }],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("sterlingverify/fx-rates-ecb").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 '{
  "baseCurrency": "GBP",
  "currencies": [
    "EUR",
    "USD"
  ],
  "conversions": [
    {
      "amount": 100,
      "from": "GBP",
      "to": "USD",
      "date": "2026-01-05"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call sterlingverify/fx-rates-ecb --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/8yCownwYpGu0j9aOs/builds/aIMh2GeK8JpI615U1/openapi.json