# ECB Currency Exchange Rates Scraper, Daily and Historical FX (`talcoe/currency-rates`) Actor

Get daily and historical foreign exchange rates from ECB reference feeds, filtered by base currency, target currencies and date range, priced per result.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/talcoe/currency-rates.md
- **Developed by:** [M Usama](https://apify.com/talcoe) (community)
- **Categories:** Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $5.00 / 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.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

### What does ECB Currency Exchange Rates Scraper do?

It returns daily and historical foreign exchange rates published by the European Central Bank (via the open Frankfurter API), one record per date and currency pair. Each record has the rate, the inverse rate, the previous business day rate and the percent change. Filter by base currency, target currencies and date range so runs stay small. Pricing is per result.

### Data source

Public JSON from the Frankfurter API (api.frankfurter.dev), which republishes ECB euro foreign exchange reference rates and other central bank feeds; rates update once per business day around 16:00 CET.

### Why use it?

- Convert invoices, prices or ledgers at the official rate for a given day.
- Feed a dashboard or spreadsheet with a daily FX series through a Schedule.
- Backtest or research currency moves with a clean, deduplicated history.
- Replace manual downloads of ECB files and stale exports.

### How to use it

1. Open the Actor and set the filters.
2. Click Start. Download results as JSON, CSV or Excel, or read them through the API.
3. Add a Schedule and an Integration (Slack, Google Sheets, webhook) to get new records automatically.

### Input

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `baseCurrency` | ISO code to convert from. Default `EUR`. |
| `targetCurrencies` | List of ISO codes to return. Empty returns every available currency. |
| `dateFrom` | First day, `YYYY-MM-DD`. Empty means 14 days before `dateTo`. |
| `dateTo` | Last day, `YYYY-MM-DD`. Empty means today (latest published rate). |
| `maxResults` | Hard stop for the run. You are billed per result, so this caps the cost. |
| `proxyConfiguration` | Apify proxy is optional, the API does not need it. |

Example input:

```json
{ "baseCurrency": "EUR", "targetCurrencies": ["USD", "GBP", "JPY"], "dateFrom": "2026-09-01", "dateTo": "2026-09-30" }
```

### Output

Every record has the same shape:

```json
{
  "id": "2026-10-13:EUR:AUD",
  "date": "2026-10-13",
  "base": "EUR",
  "quote": "AUD",
  "pair": "EUR/AUD",
  "rate": 1.6033,
  "inverseRate": 0.62371359,
  "previousDate": "2026-10-12",
  "previousRate": 1.6032,
  "changePct": 0.0062,
  "source": "Frankfurter (ECB reference rates)",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-10-14T08:26:12.461Z"
}
```

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `id` | Stable key (`date:base:quote`), safe for deduplication between runs |
| `rate` | Units of `quote` per one unit of `base` |
| `inverseRate` | Units of `base` per one unit of `quote` |
| `previousRate`, `previousDate` | Rate on the prior business day in the data |
| `changePct` | Percent change versus `previousRate` |

### Pricing

Pay per event: a small fee when a run starts, then a fixed price per result returned. You only pay for records that pass your filters. Set `maxResults` to cap any run.

### Limitations

- Business days only. Weekends and ECB holidays have no rate.
- Roughly 30 currencies are published, and history starts in 1999 for most of them.
- Reference rates, not tradable bid or ask quotes.

### FAQ

**Is this legal?** The Actor reads public data the source publishes for any visitor without a login. You are responsible for how you use the data.

**Something is missing or broken?** Open an issue in the Issues tab; response time is usually under a day.

# Actor input Schema

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

ISO 4217 code of the currency you convert from, for example EUR, USD or GBP.

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

ISO 4217 codes to return rates for. Leave empty to get every currency the source publishes.

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

First day to return, YYYY-MM-DD. Leave empty for the 14 days before Date to.

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

Last day to return, YYYY-MM-DD. Leave empty for today (latest published rate).

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Hard stop for the run. You are billed per result, so this caps the cost.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify proxy is recommended for larger runs.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "baseCurrency": "EUR",
  "targetCurrencies": [
    "USD",
    "GBP",
    "JPY",
    "CHF",
    "CAD",
    "AUD"
  ],
  "maxResults": 200,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# 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 = {
    "baseCurrency": "EUR",
    "targetCurrencies": [
        "USD",
        "GBP",
        "JPY",
        "CHF",
        "CAD",
        "AUD"
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": {
        "useApifyProxy": false
    }
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("talcoe/currency-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 = {
    "baseCurrency": "EUR",
    "targetCurrencies": [
        "USD",
        "GBP",
        "JPY",
        "CHF",
        "CAD",
        "AUD",
    ],
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": False },
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("talcoe/currency-rates").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": "EUR",
  "targetCurrencies": [
    "USD",
    "GBP",
    "JPY",
    "CHF",
    "CAD",
    "AUD"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}' |
apify call talcoe/currency-rates --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

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

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/MYcsCbQjh7uNkamGi/builds/dqRmrqStif5ORzbyk/openapi.json