# ABS Time Series Directory API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/australian-bureau-of-statistics/abs-time-series-directory-api/  
**Provider:** Australian Bureau of Statistics — https://apis.io/providers/australian-bureau-of-statistics/  
**Base URL:** https://abs.gov.au/servlet/TSSearchServlet  
**Documentation:** https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/application-programming-interfaces-apis/time-series-directory-api

ABS Time Series Directory API is one of 3 APIs that [Australian Bureau of Statistics](https://apis.io/providers/australian-bureau-of-statistics/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Time Series and Statistics. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

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.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **Documentation** — https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/application-programming-interfaces-apis/time-series-directory-api
- **APIsJSON** — https://artifacts.apis.io/australian-bureau-of-statistics/apis.yml

## Other Australian Bureau of Statistics APIs (2)

- [Australian Bureau of Statistics Get Data API](https://apis.io/apis/australian-bureau-of-statistics/australian-bureau-of-statistics-get-data-api/)
- [Australian Bureau of Statistics Get Metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/australian-bureau-of-statistics/australian-bureau-of-statistics-get-metadata-api/)

## Tags

Time Series, Statistics

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