ECB Data Portal

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European Central Bank — exchange rates, interest rates, HICP inflation, monetary aggregates, bank lending.

4 tools
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Tools

exchange_rate required: currency

Daily EUR exchange rate against a currency.

Parameters
Name Type Description
currency req string ISO 4217 currency code
start_period opt string Start date (YYYY-MM-DD)
end_period opt string End date (YYYY-MM-DD)
frequency opt string D | M | Q | A
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hicp_inflation

HICP annual rate of change for a country / euro area.

Parameters
Name Type Description
country opt string U2 (default), DE, FR, IT, ES, ...
start_period opt string Start period
end_period opt string End period
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get_data required: flow_ref, key

Generic SDMX data fetch from any ECB flow.

Parameters
Name Type Description
flow_ref req string EXR | ICP | BSI | IRS | STS | BLS | MIR | ...
key req string Dot-separated dimension values
start_period opt string —
end_period opt string —
last_n opt number —
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list_dataflows

List ECB SDMX data flows.

Parameters
Name Type Description
filter opt string Case-insensitive substring filter
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Test with curl

The gateway speaks JSON-RPC 2.0 over HTTP POST. You can test any pack directly from the terminal.

List available tools
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ecb/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}'
Call a tool
bash 
curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/ecb/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":2,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"exchange_rate","arguments":{"currency": "example"}}}'

Use with the SDK

Install @pipeworx/sdk to call tools from any TypeScript/Node project.

TypeScript 
import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const px = new Pipeworx();
const result = await px.call("exchange_rate", {"currency":"example"});
ask_pipeworx 
// Or ask in plain English:
const answer = await px.ask("european central bank — exchange rates, interest rates, hicp inflation, monetary aggregates, bank lending");