Bank of Albania Exchange Rate API: Official ALL Rates as JSON

The Bank of Albania publishes the official exchange rates that accounting, tax, and customs rules in Albania reference — published official rates, not moving market prices. This guide shows how to pull them as JSON: via a REST endpoint or the zero-dependency bank-of-albania-exchange-rate npm package.

What the BoA publishes

• ~20 currencies against the lek — the official daily fixing, plus gold and silver ounces and the SDR.
• The bank's own publication date on every response, so a rate is always citable.
• No gaps to trip over — weekends and Albanian holidays resolve to the most recent published fixing and are flagged explicitly.

The EUR/ALL fixing is the anchor: Albania's trade and remittances are euro-heavy, and customs, tax, and financial reporting all cite the Bank of Albania's official rate.

Why official rates, not market rates

A live mid-market feed answers "what is EUR/ALL trading at right now?" — the right tool for checkouts and dashboards. But accountants, auditors, and tax authorities ask a different question: "which rate were you required to use for this date?" That answer comes from the Bank of Albania's published rates, and it never changes after publication.

Get the latest rates (REST)

curl "https://allratestoday.com/api/v1/central-bank/boa/latest" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

The response is the bank's most recent published data — every rate and the publication date. The latest rates are available on every plan, including the free tier (300 requests/month, no credit card).

The npm SDK

npm install bank-of-albania-exchange-rate

import { getRate, getLatestRates } from 'bank-of-albania-exchange-rate';

// One pair at the official BoA rate
const pair = await getRate('EUR', 'ALL', { apiKey: 'art_live_...' });
console.log(pair.rate, pair.rate_date);

// The bank's full published table
const table = await getLatestRates({ apiKey: 'art_live_...' });
console.log(table.rate_date, table.rates.length);

Zero dependencies, TypeScript types included, and it runs anywhere fetch exists — Node 18+, Bun, Deno, and edge runtimes.

Historical rates for an invoice date

import { getRatesForDate, getHistory } from 'bank-of-albania-exchange-rate';

// The official rates for an invoice date — non-publication days return
// the most recent published date, flagged via published_on_requested_date.
const day = await getRatesForDate('2026-06-30', { apiKey: 'art_live_...' });

// Time series for one pair
const series = await getHistory(
  { source: 'EUR', target: 'ALL', from: '2026-01-01' },
  { apiKey: 'art_live_...' }
);

Historical dates and time series need a paid plan; the latest rates stay free.

Published vs derived pairs

If the BoA does not print a pair directly, the API resolves it from the bank's published rates — an inverse, or a cross rate via ALL — and flags it derived: true with the method used. Official and computed values are never silently mixed, which is exactly the distinction an auditor will ask about.

A series that grows every day

AllRatesToday began archiving the Bank of Albania fixing in August 2026, and every business day adds another citable table — including the lek's remarkable multi-year appreciation against the euro that Albanian exporters track daily.

FAQ

Does the Bank of Albania have an official exchange rate API?

The BoA publishes its official rates on its own site, and AllRatesToday serves the same published rates as clean JSON via REST or the bank-of-albania-exchange-rate npm package. The latest table is free.

How often do Bank of Albania rates update?

Once per business day, fixed around midday Tirana time. These are published official rates, not moving market prices — every API response carries the publication date so you can cite it.

Can I get the BoA rate for a past date, like an invoice date?

Yes. The /central-bank/boa/rates-for-date endpoint returns the official rates for any archived date. Non-publication days resolve to the most recent published date and are flagged, so your audit trail stays honest. Historical dates require a paid plan; latest rates are free.