Get Data Response is an example object payload from IMF Data, with 2 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.
{
"meta": {
"schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sdmx-twg/sdmx-json/master/data-message/tools/schemas/3.0.0/sdmx-json-data-schema.json",
"id": "response-ifs-usa-cpi",
"prepared": "2026-06-13T00:00:00Z",
"sender": {
"id": "IMF",
"name": "International Monetary Fund"
}
},
"data": {
"structures": [
{
"links": [
{
"href": "https://api.imf.org/external/sdmx/3.0/structure/datastructure/IMF.STA/DSD_IFS/+",
"rel": "datastructure"
}
],
"dimensions": {
"dataset": [],
"series": [
{
"id": "FREQ",
"name": "Frequency",
"keyPosition": 0,
"values": [
{ "id": "A", "name": "Annual" }
]
},
{
"id": "REF_AREA",
"name": "Reference Area",
"keyPosition": 1,
"values": [
{ "id": "US", "name": "United States" }
]
},
{
"id": "INDICATOR",
"name": "Indicator",
"keyPosition": 2,
"values": [
{ "id": "PCPI", "name": "Prices, Consumer Price Index, All items, Index" }
]
}
],
"observation": [
{
"id": "TIME_PERIOD",
"name": "Time Period",
"keyPosition": 0,
"values": [
{ "id": "2019", "name": "2019" },
{ "id": "2020", "name": "2020" },
{ "id": "2021", "name": "2021" },
{ "id": "2022", "name": "2022" },
{ "id": "2023", "name": "2023" }
]
}
]
},
"attributes": {
"observation": [
{
"id": "OBS_STATUS",
"name": "Observation Status",
"values": [
{ "id": "A", "name": "Normal value" }
]
}
]
},
"measures": {
"observation": [
{
"id": "OBS_VALUE",
"name": "Observation Value"
}
]
}
}
],
"dataSets": [
{
"action": "Information",
"series": {
"0:0:0": {
"attributes": [],
"observations": {
"0": [256.143, 0],
"1": [258.811, 0],
"2": [270.970, 0],
"3": [292.655, 0],
"4": [304.702, 0]
}
}
}
}
]
}
}