Is there an API for South African Reserve Bank?

South African Reserve Bank does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 4 maintained endpoints for resbank.co.za. 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 South African Reserve Bank 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 resbank.co.za changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.

Do I need a South African Reserve Bank account?

No. Every South African Reserve Bank action listed here runs anonymously — no account and no credentials required.

What does the South African Reserve Bank 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

South African Reserve Bank API

resbank.co.za

South African Reserve Bank - publications, market rates, indicators, and historical datasets.

Actions: 4
Category: Finance
Login: Not required
Output: JSON

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Call the South African Reserve Bank API

Submit a task, then poll the job until it settles. This example runs act_resbank_co_za_current_market_rates_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_resbank_co_za_current_market_rates_listing",
    "params": {}
  }'

4 actions on resbank.co.za

Read

Current Market Rates
act_resbank_co_za_current_market_rates_listingread1 credit / call
Returns current market rates by category with indicator names, codes, dates, and values.
Rate Change Dates
act_resbank_co_za_historical_rate_change_datesread1 credit / call
Returns the dates when prime and repo lending rates last changed with new values and direction.
Search Publications
act_resbank_co_za_publications_search_listingread2 credits / call
Returns SARB publications and reports with titles, dates, tags, and document links.
start
string · required
rows
string
year
string
sort
string
Timeseries History
act_resbank_co_za_timeseries_historical_observationsread1 credit / call
Returns historical value observations for an indicator timeseries code with dates and values.
timeseries_code
string · required

South African Reserve Bank API questions

Is there an API for South African Reserve Bank?: South African Reserve Bank does not offer a public data API for this, but Anakin Wire provides 4 maintained endpoints for resbank.co.za. 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 South African Reserve Bank 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 resbank.co.za changes its markup, Anakin updates the action.
Do I need a South African Reserve Bank account?: No. Every South African Reserve Bank action listed here runs anonymously — no account and no credentials required.
What does the South African Reserve Bank 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.