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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 2.0.0
  title: World Bank Indicators Sources API
  description: The World Bank Indicators API provides programmatic access to nearly 16,000 time series development indicators.
  contact:
    name: World Bank Data Help Desk
    url: https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org
    email: data@worldbank.org
  license:
    name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
servers:
- url: https://api.worldbank.org/v2
  description: World Bank API v2
tags:
- name: Sources
paths:
  /source:
    get:
      summary: List data sources
      description: Returns a list of data sources available through the World Bank Indicators API.
      operationId: listSources
      tags:
      - Sources
      parameters:
      - name: format
        in: query
        description: Response format
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - json
          - xml
          default: json
      - name: page
        in: query
        description: Page number
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
      - name: per_page
        in: query
        description: Records per page
        required: false
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 50
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of data sources
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  oneOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginationData'
                  - type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Source'
components:
  schemas:
    Source:
      type: object
      description: World Bank data source
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          description: Source identifier
          example: '2'
        lastupdated:
          type: string
          description: Date the source was last updated
          example: '2024-06-28'
        name:
          type: string
          description: Source name
          example: World Development Indicators
        code:
          type: string
          description: Source code
          example: WDI
        description:
          type: string
          description: Source description
        url:
          type: string
          description: Source URL
          example: ''
        dataavailability:
          type: string
          description: Data availability status
          example: Y
        metadataavailability:
          type: string
          description: Metadata availability status
          example: Y
        concepts:
          type: string
          description: Number of concepts in the source
          example: '3'
    PaginationData:
      type: object
      description: Pagination metadata returned as the first element of the response array
      properties:
        page:
          type: integer
          description: Current page number
          example: 1
        pages:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of pages
          example: 10
        per_page:
          type: integer
          description: Records per page
          example: 50
        total:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of records
          example: 500
        sourceid:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Source identifier
          example: '2'
        sourcename:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Source name
          example: World Development Indicators
        lastupdated:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          description: Date of last data update
          example: '2024-06-28'