Australian Bureau of Statistics

ABS Time Series Directory API

Servlet-based API (TSSearchServlet) for searching the ABS time series directory by catalogue number, table title, series ID and other parameters, returning XML listings of ABS time series spreadsheets. No machine-readable contract is published.

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https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/application-programming-interfaces-apis/time-series-directory-api

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: ABS Time Series Directory API
description: Servlet-based API (TSSearchServlet) for searching the ABS time series directory by catalogue
  number, table title, series ID and other parameters, returning XML listings of ABS time series spreadsheets.
  No machine-readable contract is published.
humanURL: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/application-programming-interfaces-apis/time-series-directory-api
baseURL: https://abs.gov.au/servlet/TSSearchServlet
tags:
- Time Series
- Statistics
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/application-programming-interfaces-apis/time-series-directory-api
aid: australian-bureau-of-statistics:abs-time-series-directory-api