Bureau of Labor Statistics · Example Payload

Bls List Surveys Example

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Bls List Surveys Example is an example object payload from Bureau of Labor Statistics, with 2 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

requestresponse

Example Payload

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{
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/surveys?registrationkey=YOUR_API_KEY",
    "headers": {}
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "body": {
      "status": "REQUEST_SUCCEEDED",
      "responseTime": 45,
      "message": [],
      "Results": {
        "survey": [
          {
            "survey_abbreviation": "AP",
            "survey_name": "Average Price Data"
          },
          {
            "survey_abbreviation": "BD",
            "survey_name": "Business Employment Dynamics"
          },
          {
            "survey_abbreviation": "CE",
            "survey_name": "Current Employment Statistics"
          },
          {
            "survey_abbreviation": "CU",
            "survey_name": "Consumer Price Index - All Urban Consumers"
          },
          {
            "survey_abbreviation": "CW",
            "survey_name": "Consumer Price Index - Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers"
          },
          {
            "survey_abbreviation": "EE",
            "survey_name": "Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages"
          },
          {
            "survey_abbreviation": "EN",
            "survey_name": "Employment Cost Index - Wages and Salaries"
          },
          {
            "survey_abbreviation": "FW",
            "survey_name": "Covered Employment and Wages"
          },
          {
            "survey_abbreviation": "IP",
            "survey_name": "Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization"
          },
          {
            "survey_abbreviation": "JT",
            "survey_name": "Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey"
          },
          {
            "survey_abbreviation": "LN",
            "survey_name": "Current Population Survey"
          },
          {
            "survey_abbreviation": "LU",
            "survey_name": "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Data"
          },
          {
            "survey_abbreviation": "MU",
            "survey_name": "Multifactor Productivity"
          },
          {
            "survey_abbreviation": "NW",
            "survey_name": "National Employment, Hours, and Earnings"
          },
          {
            "survey_abbreviation": "OE",
            "survey_name": "Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics"
          },
          {
            "survey_abbreviation": "PC",
            "survey_name": "Producer Price Indexes"
          },
          {
            "survey_abbreviation": "PD",
            "survey_name": "U.S. Import/Export Price Indexes"
          },
          {
            "survey_abbreviation": "PR",
            "survey_name": "Major Sector Productivity and Costs"
          },
          {
            "survey_abbreviation": "SM",
            "survey_name": "State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings"
          },
          {
            "survey_abbreviation": "WD",
            "survey_name": "Weekly and Hourly Earnings Data"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

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