# FRED Sources API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/fred/fred-sources-api/  
**Provider:** FRED — https://apis.io/providers/fred/  
**Base URL:** https://api.stlouisfed.org/fred  
**Documentation:** https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/fred/

FRED Sources API is one of 10 APIs that [FRED](https://apis.io/providers/fred/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Sources. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

Originating institutions for FRED series (BLS, BEA, OECD, etc.) and the releases they publish.

## Machine-readable artifacts (8)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/fred/refs/heads/main/openapi/fred-sources-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/fred/
- **Overview** — https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/fred/overview.html
- **APIKey** — https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/api_key.html
- **TermsOfService** — https://fred.stlouisfed.org/legal/
- **Authentication** — https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/api_key.html
- **RealTimePeriods** — https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/fred/realtime_period.html
- **Documentation** — https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/geofred/

## Other FRED APIs (9)

- [FRED Categories API](https://apis.io/apis/fred/fred-categories-api/)
- [FRED Observations API](https://apis.io/apis/fred/fred-observations-api/)
- [FRED Regional Data API](https://apis.io/apis/fred/fred-regional-data-api/)
- [FRED Releases API](https://apis.io/apis/fred/fred-releases-api/)
- [FRED Series API](https://apis.io/apis/fred/fred-series-api/)
- [FRED Series Data API](https://apis.io/apis/fred/fred-series-data-api/)
- [FRED Series Group API](https://apis.io/apis/fred/fred-series-group-api/)
- [FRED Shapes API](https://apis.io/apis/fred/fred-shapes-api/)
- [FRED Tags API](https://apis.io/apis/fred/fred-tags-api/)

## Tags

Sources

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/fred/fred-sources-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/fred/.