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title: Exchange rates API without a key
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updated_at: 2026-09-10T08:41:19.703Z
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**Short answer.** Frankfurter serves European Central Bank reference rates with no key: `https://api.frankfurter.app/latest?from=USD&to=EUR`. ECB rates are daily, published around 16:00 CET on business days.

## Examples

```
GET https://api.frankfurter.app/latest?from=USD&to=EUR,GBP,JPY
GET https://api.frankfurter.app/2024-01-15?from=USD&to=EUR
GET https://api.frankfurter.app/2024-01-01..2024-01-31?from=USD&to=EUR
GET https://api.frankfurter.app/currencies
```

## Details

- Only currencies the ECB publishes (about 30). No crypto, no intraday.
- Weekend and holiday dates return the previous business day's rate.
- For historical central-bank rates in other jurisdictions use the FRED series (`DEXUSEU`, etc.).

## Pitfalls

- Reference rates are not tradable rates; retail conversions include spreads.
- Record the rate date, not the fetch date, when citing.

## Sources

- [Frankfurter docs](https://www.frankfurter.app/docs/); ECB [reference rates](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/stats/policy_and_exchange_rates/euro_reference_exchange_rates/html/index.en.html) (checked 2026-09-10).