DBnomics

DBnomics Datasets API

Dataset metadata within a provider, plus the last-updates feed.

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GET /datasets/{provider_code} List datasets of a provider conformant #

GET /datasets/{provider_code}/{dataset_code} Retrieve a dataset #

GET /last-updates List last updates conformant #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: DBnomics Datasets API
  description: DBnomics is the world's economic database - a free, open-source aggregator run by Cepremap that harvests macroeconomic time series from more than 90 national and international providers (IMF, ECB, Eurostat, World Bank, OECD, BLS, BEA, and more) into one standardized format.
  version: 22.1.17
  contact:
    name: DBnomics
    url: https://db.nomics.world
    email: contact@nomics.world
  license:
    name: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
    url: https://git.nomics.world/dbnomics/dbnomics-api
servers:
- url: https://api.db.nomics.world/v22
  description: DBnomics Web API v22 (public, no authentication)
tags:
- name: Datasets
  description: Dataset metadata within a provider, plus the last-updates feed.
paths:
  /datasets/{provider_code}:
    get:
      operationId: listDatasets
      tags:
      - Datasets
      summary: List datasets of a provider
      description: Responds with one or several datasets of a provider.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ProviderCode'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Offset'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Datasets belonging to the provider.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DatasetsResponse'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /datasets/{provider_code}/{dataset_code}:
    get:
      operationId: getDataset
      tags:
      - Datasets
      summary: Retrieve a dataset
      description: Responds with a single dataset of a provider.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ProviderCode'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/DatasetCode'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Offset'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The requested dataset.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DatasetsResponse'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /last-updates:
    get:
      operationId: getLastUpdates
      tags:
      - Datasets
      summary: List last updates
      description: Responds with a list of providers and a list of datasets sorted by creation/conversion date, most recent first.
      parameters:
      - name: datasets.limit
        in: query
        description: The number of datasets to return.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: datasets.offset
        in: query
        description: The number of datasets to skip before starting to collect the result set.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: providers.limit
        in: query
        description: The number of providers to return.
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: providers.offset
        in: query
        description: The number of providers to skip before starting to collect the result set.
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Recently updated providers and datasets.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  _meta:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Meta'
                  datasets:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      docs:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Dataset'
                  providers:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      docs:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Provider'
components:
  schemas:
    Dataset:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        provider_code:
          type: string
        provider_name:
          type: string
        nb_series:
          type: integer
        dimensions_codes_order:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        dimensions_labels:
          type: object
        dimensions_values_labels:
          type: object
        indexed_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
    Meta:
      type: object
      description: Request metadata echoed back with every response.
      properties:
        args:
          type: object
        version:
          type: string
          example: 22.1.17
    DatasetsResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        _meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Meta'
        datasets:
          type: object
          properties:
            docs:
              type: array
              items:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Dataset'
            limit:
              type: integer
            num_found:
              type: integer
            offset:
              type: integer
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        _meta:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Meta'
        message:
          type: string
    Provider:
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          example: ECB
        name:
          type: string
          example: European Central Bank
        region:
          type: string
        slug:
          type: string
        terms_of_use:
          type: string
        website:
          type: string
        indexed_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  parameters:
    Limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      description: The number of items to return.
      schema:
        type: integer
    Offset:
      name: offset
      in: query
      description: The number of items to skip before starting to collect the result set.
      schema:
        type: integer
    ProviderCode:
      name: provider_code
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Code of the provider (e.g. IMF, ECB, Eurostat, BLS, OECD).
      schema:
        type: string
    DatasetCode:
      name: dataset_code
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Code of the dataset.
      schema:
        type: string
  responses:
    NotFound:
      description: The requested provider, dataset, or series was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
x-provenance:
  method: harvested
  publisher: DBnomics
  source: https://api.db.nomics.world/v22/apispec_1.json
  note: split by refine-openapis from the provider's own published document, verified by fetch (openapi/_original/*.fetch.json);
    stamped by stamp-openapi-provenance.py (roadmap#793)