DBnomics Search API

Full-text search across all datasets.

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dbnomics-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: DBnomics Datasets Search 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. The Web API serves providers, datasets, series, and full-text search over HTTPS with no authentication or API key required. This document is grounded in the live Swagger definition published at https://api.db.nomics.world/v22/apispec_1.json (API version 22.1.17).
  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: Search
  description: Full-text search across all datasets.
paths:
  /search:
    get:
      operationId: searchDatasets
      tags:
      - Search
      summary: Full-text search of datasets
      description: Responds with a list of datasets from a full-text search across every provider aggregated by DBnomics.
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        description: Full-text search query.
        schema:
          type: string
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Offset'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Datasets matching the search query.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  _meta:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Meta'
                  results:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      docs:
                        type: array
                        items:
                          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Dataset'
                      limit:
                        type: integer
                      num_found:
                        type: integer
                      offset:
                        type: integer
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
  parameters:
    Offset:
      name: offset
      in: query
      description: The number of items to skip before starting to collect the result set.
      schema:
        type: integer
    Limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      description: The number of items to return.
      schema:
        type: integer