Trading Economics Market, Indicator & Calendar Scraper: MCP config, n8n workflow and API

{
  "mode": "markets",
  "marketType": "commodities",
  "rankingIndicators": [
    "interest-rate"
  ],
  "forecastAssetClass": "commodity",
  "searchQuery": "gold",
  "historySpan": "1y",
  "marketInterval": "auto",
  "maxItems": 3
}

---
name: trading-economics-market-indicator-and-calendar
description: "Market quotes, country indicators and forecasts, historical series, calendar events, holidays, earnings, news, search hits, credit ratings and bond yields. Runs the Apify Actor dataspryva/trading-economics-market-indicator-and-calendar. Use when the user needs Trading Economics data with fields such as recordType, name, country, category, last, changePercent and an Apify token is available."
compatibility: "Needs network access, curl, and an APIFY_TOKEN environment variable. Runs are billed to the token owner's Apify account."
metadata:
  actor: "dataspryva/trading-economics-market-indicator-and-calendar"
  store-url: "https://apify.com/dataspryva/trading-economics-market-indicator-and-calendar"
---

# Trading Economics Market, Indicator & Calendar Scraper

Use this skill to fetch Trading Economics data with the Apify Actor `dataspryva/trading-economics-market-indicator-and-calendar` and work with the returned rows.

## Before running

1. Check that `APIFY_TOKEN` is set in the environment. Never print it or write it to a file.
2. Build `input.json` from the user's request using the fields below. Keep limits small for a first run.
3. Confirm the search terms or URLs with the user if the request is ambiguous.

## Input fields

| Field | Type | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `mode` | string, required | Which Trading Economics surface to collect. |
| `marketType` | one of `commodities`, `currencies`, `stocks`, `bonds`, `crypto`, `shares` | Which live market table to collect. |
| `category` | string | Restrict the market table to one category or region. |
| `countries` | array | One or more countries. Required for countryIndicators, countryForecast, creditRatingHistory and bondYields. Optional for calendar, holidays and earningsCalendar (leave empty for global data). |
| `indicatorCategory` | string | Restrict country indicators or forecasts to one category. `markets` only appears on the forecast page and `health` only on the indicators page. Leave unset for all categories. |
| `rankingIndicators` | array | One or more indicators to rank across every country. The `rating` indicator returns sovereign credit ratings instead of a numeric series. |
| `indicatorHistoryUrls` | array | Trading Economics indicator pages as full URLs or `country/indicator-slug`, e.g. `united-states/inflation-cpi` or `https://tradingeconomics.com/germany/unemployment-rate`. Up to 100 pages. |
| `marketSymbols` | array | Symbols such as `CL1:COM`, `AAPL:US`, `USGG10YR:IND` or full Trading Economics market URLs. Up to 100 symbols. |
| `forecastAssetClass` | one of `commodity`, `currency`, `crypto`, `stockMarket`, `governmentBond10Y` | Which public forecast table to collect. |
| `searchQuery` | string | Keyword used to resolve indicators and markets, e.g. `gold`, `inflation`, `EURUSD`. Required for mode=search. |
| `historySpan` | one of `1m`, `3m`, `6m`, `1y`, `2y`, `5y`, `10y`, `max` | How far back to fetch historical series. `max` returns the full available history. |
| `marketInterval` | string | Intraday or daily interval for market history. Leave on `auto` to use the span's natural frequency. |
| `searchKeyword` | string | Case-insensitive substring filter on the record name/title (instrument, indicator, event, company or news headline). Leave blank for no filtering. |
| `dateFrom` | string | ISO date (YYYY-MM-DD). Lower bound for calendar, holidays, earnings, credit-rating history, bond yields and history points. For calendar this fetches the requested range, not just the default page. |

Example `input.json` (the Actor's published prefill):

```json
{
  "mode": "markets",
  "marketType": "commodities",
  "rankingIndicators": [
    "interest-rate"
  ],
  "forecastAssetClass": "commodity",
  "searchQuery": "gold",
  "historySpan": "1y",
  "marketInterval": "auto",
  "maxItems": 3
}
```

## Run

```bash
curl -sS -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/dataspryva~trading-economics-market-indicator-and-calendar/run-sync-get-dataset-items" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d @input.json > results.json
```

The call waits for the run to finish and returns the dataset items as a JSON array. If the run needs more than 300 seconds the API answers with HTTP 408; then start the run with `POST /v2/acts/dataspryva~trading-economics-market-indicator-and-calendar/runs`, poll `GET /v2/actor-runs/{runId}` until `SUCCEEDED`, and read `GET /v2/datasets/{defaultDatasetId}/items`.

## Output

Each item is one record. Published fields include: `recordType`, `name`, `country`, `category`, `last`, `changePercent`, `unit`, `referenceDate`, `sourceUrl`.

Summarise what was found, cite the record URLs when present, and say how many items came back. Do not invent values for empty fields.