Quickstart
Get started in any language
The FXMacroData API is a standard JSON REST API. Any language with HTTP support works. Freemium time-series endpoints are available for the most recent 365 days without a key. Add a Professional API key to unlock full history and paid endpoint families.
Base URL
https://api.fxmacrodata.com
Authentication
?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
Response format
JSON (Content-Type: application/json)
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Accept-Encoding: gzip on every request (8–12× smaller payloads), reuse the ETag response header in If-None-Match on repeat polls (returns 304 Not Modified with no body), and pass ?limit=50 on single-indicator endpoints such as /v1/announcements/usd/inflation or /v1/predictions/usd/inflation when you only need recent rows. See the full reference →
data_quality object. For backtests and institutional reporting, inspect point_in_time_safe, has_announcement_datetime, source_type, and is_stale.
First API call
Quick Request
Start with a live announcement endpoint. Authentication stays in the api_key query parameter for direct browser and script testing.
curl "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/eur/inflation?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY"
Python requests
Copyable Python API requests
Use these direct REST examples when you want the raw API request instead of an SDK wrapper. Replace YOUR_API_KEY only on protected routes.
USD inflation market consensus
Consensus, survey, central-bank, IMF, and FXMacroData forecasts joined to realised announcements.
import requests
url = "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/predictions/usd/inflation"
response = requests.get(url, timeout=20)
response.raise_for_status()
payload = response.json()
print(payload.get("data", payload))
USD inflation with known-at timestamps
Public USD inflation records for point-in-time backtests.
import requests
url = "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/usd/inflation"
response = requests.get(url, timeout=20)
response.raise_for_status()
payload = response.json()
print(payload.get("data", payload))
EUR/USD FX spot history
Daily FX price history for pair charts, models, and release overlays.
import requests
url = "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/forex/eur/usd"
params = {
"api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
}
response = requests.get(url, params=params, timeout=20)
response.raise_for_status()
payload = response.json()
print(payload.get("data", payload))
AUD policy-rate history
Central-bank decision history with release timing for no-lookahead research.
import requests
url = "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/aud/policy_rate"
params = {
"api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
}
response = requests.get(url, params=params, timeout=20)
response.raise_for_status()
payload = response.json()
print(payload.get("data", payload))
JPY upcoming release schedule
Upcoming macro events with UTC, market-local, and requested-timezone fields for planning alerts, model refreshes, and trading reviews.
import requests
url = "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/calendar/jpy"
params = {
"timezone": "Asia/Tokyo",
"api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
}
response = requests.get(url, params=params, timeout=20)
response.raise_for_status()
payload = response.json()
print(payload.get("data", payload))
Gold commodity prices
Official precious-metals time series with daily values and change fields.
import requests
url = "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/commodities/gold"
params = {
"api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
}
response = requests.get(url, params=params, timeout=20)
response.raise_for_status()
payload = response.json()
print(payload.get("data", payload))
Python
Install the official fxmacrodata package from PyPI. Sync and async clients, pandas-ready output.
Using the SDK
from fxmacrodata import Client client = Client(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY") # USD inflation — no-key evaluation, up to 100 requests/day data = client.get_indicator("usd", "inflation") # EUR policy rate — requires API key rate = client.get_indicator("eur", "policy_rate") # Forex price data (most recent 365 days without a key) fx = client.get_fx_price("usd", "jpy")
Using the REST API directly
import requests resp = requests.get( "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/usd/inflation", timeout=30, ) resp.raise_for_status() payload = resp.json() print(payload["data_quality"]["point_in_time_safe"], payload["data"][0])
Async client
import asyncio from fxmacrodata import AsyncClient async def main(): async with AsyncClient(api_key="YOUR_API_KEY") as client: data = await client.get_indicator("eur", "inflation") print(data) asyncio.run(main())
Predictions & Forecasts
The /v1/predictions/{currency}/{indicator} endpoint surfaces forecast data from market consensus surveys, central-bank projections, IMF World Economic Outlook, and professional-forecaster surveys. Predictions are requested for a specific currency and indicator, such as https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/predictions/usd/inflation; currency-only prediction requests are not supported. Each prediction is linked to its announcement via announcement_id, so you can join forecasts with realised observations.
Python — fetch predictions and join with actuals
import requests # Predictions for USD inflation — no-key evaluation, up to 100 requests/day preds = requests.get( "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/predictions/usd/inflation", timeout=30, ).json() for group in preds["data"]: print(group["announcement_id"], group["date"]) for p in group["predictions"]: print(f" {p['prediction_source_label']}: {p['predicted_value']}") # Filter by prediction type market = requests.get( "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/predictions/usd/inflation", params={"prediction_type": "market_consensus"}, timeout=30, ).json() # Join predictions with actuals using announcement_id actuals = requests.get( "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/usd/inflation", timeout=30, ).json() actuals_by_id = {row["announcement_id"]: row for row in actuals["data"]} for group in preds["data"]: actual = actuals_by_id.get(group["announcement_id"]) if actual: print(f"{group['date']}: actual={actual['val']}, forecast={group['predictions'][0]['predicted_value']}")
cURL — fetch predictions by type
# All USD inflation predictions — free curl "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/predictions/usd/inflation" # Filter by prediction type: market_consensus, imf_weo, central_bank_forecast, survey curl "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/predictions/usd/inflation?prediction_type=market_consensus" # EUR predictions — requires API key curl "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/predictions/eur/inflation?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY" # USD policy-rate predictions curl "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/predictions/usd/policy_rate"
Prediction types reference
| prediction_type | Description |
|---|---|
| market_consensus | Compiled market poll (e.g. Reuters/Bloomberg/Philly Fed SPF) |
| market_prediction | Professional-forecaster point prediction |
| survey | Central-bank survey of professional forecasters (e.g. ECB SPF) |
| central_bank_forecast | Official central-bank projection (e.g. RBNZ MPS, BoC MPR) |
| imf_weo | IMF World Economic Outlook projection |
| fxmacrodata | FXMacroData-generated prediction combining central-bank guidance, surveys, and historical trends |
cURL
No install needed. Works from any terminal.
# USD inflation — no-key evaluation, up to 100 requests/day curl "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/usd/inflation" # EUR policy rate — pass your API key as a query parameter curl "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/eur/policy_rate?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY" # Release calendar for Australia curl "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/calendar/aud?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY" # Release calendar converted to a requested IANA timezone curl "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/calendar/usd?indicator=gdp&timezone=America/Sao_Paulo&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY" # Forex price history (free for the most recent 365 days) curl "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/forex/usd/jpy?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY" # Data catalogue (discover available indicators for USD) curl "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/data_catalogue/usd"
JavaScript / TypeScript
Works in Node.js (18+), Deno, Bun, and modern browsers with the Fetch API.
Official npm client
import { FXMacroDataClient } from "@fxmacrodata/client"; const client = new FXMacroDataClient({ apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY", }); // Public endpoint example const usdInflation = await client.announcements("usd", "inflation"); // Non-USD endpoint example (requires paid key) const eurRate = await client.announcements("eur", "policy_rate"); console.log(usdInflation, eurRate);
Using Fetch directly
// USD inflation — no-key evaluation, up to 100 requests/day const res = await fetch( "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/usd/inflation" ); const data = await res.json(); console.log(data); // With API key for non-USD const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"; const eur = await fetch( `https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/eur/policy_rate?api_key=${API_KEY}` ); console.log(await eur.json());
Go
No external packages needed — the standard library handles everything.
package main import ( "encoding/json" "fmt" "net/http" "io" ) func main() { // USD inflation — no-key evaluation, up to 100 requests/day resp, err := http.Get("https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/usd/inflation") if err != nil { panic(err) } defer resp.Body.Close() body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body) var result map[string]interface{} json.Unmarshal(body, &result) fmt.Println(result) }
R
Requires httr and jsonlite.
library(httr) library(jsonlite) # USD inflation — no-key evaluation, up to 100 requests/day res <- GET("https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/usd/inflation") data <- fromJSON(content(res, "text", encoding = "UTF-8")) # Convert to data frame df <- as.data.frame(data$data) head(df) # With API key for non-USD eur <- GET( "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/eur/policy_rate", query = list(api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY") ) print(fromJSON(content(eur, "text")))
Java
Uses java.net.http (Java 11+). No external libraries needed.
import java.net.URI; import java.net.http.HttpClient; import java.net.http.HttpRequest; import java.net.http.HttpResponse; public class FXMacroDataExample { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { var client = HttpClient.newHttpClient(); var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder() .uri(URI.create("https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/usd/inflation")) .build(); var response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString()); System.out.println(response.body()); } }
C# / .NET
Uses HttpClient (.NET 6+).
using System.Net.Http; using System.Text.Json; var client = new HttpClient(); // USD inflation — no-key evaluation, up to 100 requests/day var json = await client.GetStringAsync( "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/usd/inflation" ); var doc = JsonDocument.Parse(json); Console.WriteLine(doc.RootElement);
MATLAB
Uses the built-in webread function.
% USD inflation — no-key evaluation, up to 100 requests/day data = webread('https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/usd/inflation'); disp(data); % With API key for non-USD opts = weboptions('Timeout', 30); url = 'https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/eur/policy_rate?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY'; eur = webread(url, opts); disp(eur);
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The FXMacroData API publishes a complete OpenAPI 3.1 specification. Use it with openapi-generator to produce fully typed clients for Kotlin, Swift, Rust, Dart, Ruby, PHP, and 40+ other languages.
# Install the openapi-generator CLI npm install @openapitools/openapi-generator-cli -g # Generate a Go client openapi-generator-cli generate \ -i https://api.fxmacrodata.com/openapi.json \ -g go \ -o ./fxmacrodata-go-client # Generate a Java client openapi-generator-cli generate \ -i https://api.fxmacrodata.com/openapi.json \ -g java \ -o ./fxmacrodata-java-client
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