# Nigeria CBN Rates & Forex (`wafspaul/my-actor-3`) Actor

Live Central Bank of Nigeria data: daily naira exchange rates for 13 currencies plus the official NFEM benchmark, and key money-market indicators (MPR, Treasury Bill, deposit and lending rates).

- **URL**: https://apify.com/wafspaul/my-actor-3.md
- **Developed by:** [paul wafs](https://apify.com/wafspaul) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $15.00 / 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.
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?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
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- **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`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

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

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# README

## Nigeria CBN Rates & Forex

Live data from the Central Bank of Nigeria: daily naira exchange rates for 13 currencies, the official NFEM benchmark rate, and key money-market indicators every Nigerian business, importer, and analyst checks regularly.

### What you get

Three record types in one dataset (or filter to just one):

**Forex** (`dataType: "forex"`) — the latest official buying/central/selling rate for 13 currencies against the Naira (USD, GBP, EUR, CFA, CNY, and more).

**NFEM** (`dataType: "nfem"`) — the official daily USD benchmark rate (Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market), with high/low/closing rates and market-depth stats (turnover, number of deals).

**Rates** (`dataType: "rates"`) — monthly money-market indicators: Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), Treasury Bill rate, interbank call rate, deposit rates across tenors, and prime/max lending rates.

### Sample output

````json
{
  "dataType": "forex",
    "date": "2026-09-09",
      "currency": "US DOLLAR",
        "buying_rate_ngn": 1385.55,
          "central_rate_ngn": 1386.05,
            "selling_rate_ngn": 1386.55,
              "source": "Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)",
                "source_url": "https://www.cbn.gov.ng/rates/ExchRateByCurrency.html",
                  "scraped_at": "2026-09-10T10:00:00.000Z"
                  }
                  ```

                  ```json
                  {
                    "dataType": "nfem",
                      "date": "September-09-2026",
                        "nfem_rate_ngn": 1329.2129,
                          "highest_rate_ngn": 1334.0,
                            "lowest_rate_ngn": 1321.5,
                              "closing_rate_ngn": 1334.0,
                                "total_turnover_usd": 544105551.36,
                                  "no_of_deals": 276,
                                    "source": "Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)",
                                      "scraped_at": "2026-09-10T10:00:00.000Z"
                                      }
                                      ```

                                      ## How to use it

                                      Leave input blank to get all three data types, or set `dataType` to `forex`, `nfem`, or `rates` for just one.

                                      ### Input

                                      ```json
                                      {
                                        "dataType": "all"
                                        }
                                        ```

                                        ## Use cases

                                        - Daily rate feeds for finance dashboards, newsletters, and trading tools
                                        - Importer/exporter rate benchmarking against the official CBN mid-rate
                                        - Macro/economic monitoring for analysts and researchers tracking Nigeria's monetary policy
                                        - Business planning around MPR changes, Treasury Bill yields, and lending rate trends

                                        ## How it works

                                        All three data types come from CBN's own official REST API (cbn.gov.ng), the same endpoints that power the bank's own published rate tables. Forex and NFEM data are filtered to the most recent trading day automatically; money-market indicators are filtered to the most recent published month.

                                        ## Pricing

                                        Paid per event (per record returned). No browser rendering is used, keeping costs low.

                                        ## FAQ

                                        **How fresh is the data?** Every run fetches CBN's currently published rates — normally the most recent business day for forex/NFEM, and the most recent month for money-market indicators.

                                        **Why only 13 currencies?** That is the full set CBN itself publishes daily on its official exchange rate page.

                                        **Is this official data?** Yes — every value is sourced directly from cbn.gov.ng, Nigeria's central bank.

# Actor input Schema

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

URLs to start with.
## `maxRequestsPerCrawl` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of requests that can be made by this crawler.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://crawlee.dev"
    }
  ],
  "maxRequestsPerCrawl": 100
}
````

# 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 = {
    "startUrls": [
        {
            "url": "https://crawlee.dev"
        }
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("wafspaul/my-actor-3").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 = { "startUrls": [{ "url": "https://crawlee.dev" }] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("wafspaul/my-actor-3").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 '{
  "startUrls": [
    {
      "url": "https://crawlee.dev"
    }
  ]
}' |
apify call wafspaul/my-actor-3 --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,wafspaul/my-actor-3"
        }
    }
}
```

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/VcUWmcrrthujemPnu/builds/uwOvUejQhubGB8hSl/openapi.json