# Currency Exchange Rates (ECB) (`fit_melon/currency-exchange-rates-ecb`) Actor

Official ECB exchange rates, latest or historical by date, for any base and target currencies. Free, no API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/fit\_melon/currency-exchange-rates-ecb.md
- **Developed by:** [D N](https://apify.com/fit_melon) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Developer tools
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## Pricing

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# README

## Currency Exchange Rates (ECB) — Free

**Official European Central Bank exchange rates — latest or historical.** Convert one unit of any base currency into any set of target currencies, for today or for a specific past date. Powered by the ECB reference rates (via Frankfurter). No API key.

This Actor is **free** — you only pay for your own Apify platform usage.

### What it does

Pick a base currency, optional target currencies and an optional date. It returns one row per target currency with the exact ECB rate and the effective date.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `base` | string | Base currency ISO code (e.g. `EUR`, `USD`). |
| `symbols` | array of strings | Target currency codes (empty = all). |
| `date` | string | `YYYY-MM-DD` for a historical rate (empty = latest). |

### Output (one item per target currency)

```json
{ "status": "found", "base": "EUR", "symbol": "USD", "rate": 1.1415, "date": "2026-07-06" }
```

Unknown currency/date returns `{"status": "error"}` or `{"status": "not_found"}`.

### Use cases

- Add live FX conversion to invoicing, pricing or e-commerce.
- Back-test or chart historical exchange-rate series.
- Normalize multi-currency financial data to one base.
- Feed accounting or reporting pipelines with official rates.

### Limitations & fair use

Rates are ECB reference rates published on working days (no weekend/holiday updates); crypto and exotic pairs are not covered. Data is free to use. Not affiliated with the ECB.

### More actors by this developer

See other open-data tools on the **fit\_melon** profile: https://apify.com/fit\_melon

# Actor input Schema

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

Base currency ISO code (e.g. EUR, USD, GBP). One unit of this currency is converted to each target.

## `symbols` (type: `array`):

Target currency ISO codes to convert to. Leave empty for all available currencies.

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

Historical date YYYY-MM-DD for that day's ECB rate. Leave empty for the latest rate.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "base": "EUR",
  "symbols": [
    "USD",
    "GBP",
    "JPY",
    "CHF"
  ]
}
```

# 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",
    "symbols": [
        "USD",
        "GBP",
        "JPY",
        "CHF"
    ]
};

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

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("fit_melon/currency-exchange-rates-ecb").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).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",
  "symbols": [
    "USD",
    "GBP",
    "JPY",
    "CHF"
  ]
}' |
apify call fit_melon/currency-exchange-rates-ecb --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fit_melon/currency-exchange-rates-ecb",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/qm1gPyn3Cqzbhcc22/builds/Ul1ygwnOTVyol9lpP/openapi.json