boe-exchange-rate
Official Bank of England exchange rates — ~23 currencies vs GBP, history since 2016.
pip install boe-exchange-rate
from boe_exchange_rate import get_rate
pair = get_rate("GBP", "USD")
print(pair["rate"], "published", pair["rate_date"])
No API key needed for the latest published table.
What these rates are
The numbers Bank of England itself publishes — fixed once published, carrying the institution's own date. Tax filings, customs valuations, invoicing rules and statutory accounts generally require this published rate, not a live market rate; the two routinely differ by a percent or more.
For live mid-market rates, use allratestoday.
For all 100+ sources in one package, use
allratestoday-central-bank.
API
| Function | API key? | Returns |
|---|---|---|
get_latest_rates() |
no | Newest published table |
get_rate(source, target) |
no | One pair from it |
get_rates_for_date(date, ...) |
yes | The table in force on a date |
get_history(symbol=..., from_date=..., to_date=...) |
yes | Date-by-date official series |
Keyed calls read api_key= or the ALLRATES_API_KEY environment variable.
Get a free key at https://allratestoday.com/register (no card).
Three things that will bite you
rate_dateis the answer, not the date you asked for. Bank of England publishes on business days only, so a weekend request returns the last published table. Record the date that comes back — it is the audit trail.derived: Truemeans the pair was cross-computed within Bank of England's own table because it does not publish that pair directly. Rates are never crossed between institutions.- Zero dependencies — standard library only, so it adds nothing to your lockfile.
Links
- Coverage and docs: https://allratestoday.com/central-bank-rates-api/boe/
- Node.js equivalent:
boe-exchange-rateon npm
MIT licensed. Rates are served as published by Bank of England; AllRatesToday is not affiliated with it.
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