Is there an API for Bank of England?

Bank of England does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 5 maintained endpoints for bankofengland.co.uk. You call Anakin's REST API with an action ID and parameters and get structured JSON back; Anakin handles the browser, proxies, anti-bot, and parsing.

How do I scrape Bank of England data?

POST to https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task with your API key, the action ID, and its parameters, then poll GET /v1/wire/jobs/{id} until the job settles. There is nothing to install and no scraper to maintain — when bankofengland.co.uk changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.

Do I need a Bank of England account?

No. Every Bank of England action listed here runs anonymously — no account and no credentials required.

What does the Bank of England API cost?

Usage-based credits, charged per call and refunded automatically when a job fails. New accounts start with 300 free credits and no card. See anakin.io/pricing for the current rates.

Finance

Bank of England API

bankofengland.co.uk

Bank of England - bank rate, monetary policy reports, minutes, and statistical releases.

Actions: 5
Category: Finance
Login: Not required
Output: JSON

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Call the Bank of England API

Submit a task, then poll the job until it settles. This example runs act_bankofengland_co_uk_monetary_policy_news_listing.

curl -X POST https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task \
  -H "X-API-Key: $ANAKIN_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "action_id": "act_bankofengland_co_uk_monetary_policy_news_listing",
    "params": {
      "sitecore_listing_id": "{CE377CC8-BFBC-418B-B4D9-DBC1C64774A8}",
      "news_type_guid": "09f8960ebc384e3589da5349744916ae",
      "page": 1
    }
  }'

5 actions on bankofengland.co.uk

Read

Monetary Policy Report Details
act_bankofengland_co_uk_monetary_policy_report_detailread1 credit / call
Returns title, published date, and full body text for a monetary policy report.
report_path
string · required
News Listing
act_bankofengland_co_uk_news_listing_shellread1 credit / call
Returns the news and minutes listing metadata including title and listing identifiers.
Statistics Release Details
act_bankofengland_co_uk_statistics_release_detailread1 credit / call
Returns title, published date, and full body text for a statistics release.
release_path
string · required
Statistics Releases Listing
act_bankofengland_co_uk_statistics_releases_listing_shellread1 credit / call
Returns the statistics releases listing metadata including page title and identifiers.

Write

Write actions change state on bankofengland.co.uk and run as the account you connect.

Monetary Policy News Listing
act_bankofengland_co_uk_monetary_policy_news_listingwrite2 credits / call
Returns paginated monetary policy news and minutes with titles, dates, and links.
sitecore_listing_id
string · required
news_type_guid
string · required
page
integer · required
search_query
string
listing_source
string
referer
string

Bank of England API questions

Is there an API for Bank of England?: Bank of England does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 5 maintained endpoints for bankofengland.co.uk. You call Anakin's REST API with an action ID and parameters and get structured JSON back; Anakin handles the browser, proxies, anti-bot, and parsing.
How do I scrape Bank of England data?: POST to https://api.anakin.io/v1/wire/task with your API key, the action ID, and its parameters, then poll GET /v1/wire/jobs/{id} until the job settles. There is nothing to install and no scraper to maintain — when bankofengland.co.uk changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.
Do I need a Bank of England account?: No. Every Bank of England action listed here runs anonymously — no account and no credentials required.
What does the Bank of England API cost?: Usage-based credits, charged per call and refunded automatically when a job fails. New accounts start with 300 free credits and no card. See anakin.io/pricing for the current rates.