---
name: ecb-rss-ingestion
description: "How to get European Central Bank RSS feeds data into a pandas DataFrame and Parquet: access, the request, the format, limits, quirks and terms."
---

# Load ECB press-release RSS into pandas and Parquet

Source entry: https://signal-lab-jet.vercel.app/datasets/ecb-rss
Provider: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/rss.en.html
Checked against the provider's documentation: 2026-10-30

## Access
- No account or key. The RSS XML is a public file.

## Request
```bash
curl 'https://www.ecb.europa.eu/rss/press.html'
```

## Format
RSS 2.0 XML. Press items include title, link, category, description and an RFC 822 pubDate.

## Load into pandas and Parquet
Needs Python 3 with requests, pandas and pyarrow.
```python
"""ECB press-release RSS -> pandas -> Parquet. No key."""
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
import requests
import pandas as pd

URL = "https://www.ecb.europa.eu/rss/press.html"
r = requests.get(URL, timeout=30)
r.raise_for_status()
root = ET.fromstring(r.content)
rows = []
for item in root.findall("./channel/item"):
    rows.append({name: item.findtext(name) for name in ("title", "link", "category", "pubDate")})
df = pd.DataFrame(rows)
df["pubDate"] = pd.to_datetime(df["pubDate"], utc=True)
df.to_parquet("ecb_press.parquet", index=False)
print(len(df), "items", df["pubDate"].min().isoformat(), "to", df["pubDate"].max().isoformat())
```
Run by us on 2026-10-30 (python 3.13.5 | pandas 3.1.0 | pyarrow 26.0.0 | requests 2.34.2). Result: 15 items 2026-10-19T06:00:00+00:00 to 2026-10-30T14:00:00+00:00

## Limits
- Rate limit: Not stated.
- Feed retention and item count are not stated; observed 2026-10-30: the press feed contained 15 items.

## Quirks
- Parse pubDate with utc=True; the source timestamp includes an offset.
- Archive items for history because the feed is a rolling list.
- The RSS page also lists speeches, interviews, publications and exchange-rate feeds.

## Terms and attribution
- Reproduce ECB information accurately and cite the ECB.
- State modifications. If the information is put in a document that is sold, notify buyers that it is available free on the ECB site.
- Named-author papers have a separate prior-written-permission rule.
- Terms page: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/services/disclaimer/html/index.en.html

## Sources
- https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/rss.en.html: "Subscribe to the ECB news feeds to receive press releases, speeches, publications, exchange rates etc. as they are issued."
- https://www.ecb.europa.eu/services/disclaimer/html/index.en.html: "When such information is distributed or reproduced, it must appear accurately and the ECB must be cited as the source."
- https://www.ecb.europa.eu/services/disclaimer/html/index.en.html: "If the information is modified by the user (e.g. by seasonal adjustment of statistical data or calculation of growth rates) this must be stated explicitly."
- https://www.ecb.europa.eu/services/disclaimer/html/index.en.html: "Where the information is incorporated in documents that are sold (regardless of the medium), the natural or legal person publishing the information must inform buyers"

Information for educational purposes only. Free tiers, limits and licenses belong to the providers and may change; check the provider's own terms before using the data.