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Data Query Crops

Example FAOSTAT Data API response for wheat area harvested in China (2018-2020) from the Crops and Livestock Products domain (QCL). Request URL: GET /en/data/QCL?area=5&item=15&element=5510&year=2018,2019,2020&output_type=objects

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Data Query Crops is an example object payload from FAO FAOSTAT, with 3 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

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Example Payload

{
  "description": "Example FAOSTAT Data API response for wheat area harvested in China (2018-2020) from the Crops and Livestock Products domain (QCL). Request URL: GET /en/data/QCL?area=5&item=15&element=5510&year=2018,2019,2020&output_type=objects",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://fenixservices.fao.org/faostat/api/v1/en/data/QCL",
    "parameters": {
      "area": "5",
      "item": "15",
      "element": "5510",
      "year": "2018,2019,2020",
      "output_type": "objects",
      "show_codes": "true",
      "show_flags": "true"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "data": [
      {
        "Area Code": 5,
        "Area Code (M49)": "156",
        "Area": "China",
        "Item Code": 15,
        "Item Code (CPC)": "0111",
        "Item": "Wheat",
        "Element Code": 5510,
        "Element": "Area harvested",
        "Year Code": 2018,
        "Year": 2018,
        "Unit": "ha",
        "Value": 24268960,
        "Flag": "A",
        "Flag Description": "Official figure",
        "Note": null
      },
      {
        "Area Code": 5,
        "Area Code (M49)": "156",
        "Area": "China",
        "Item Code": 15,
        "Item Code (CPC)": "0111",
        "Item": "Wheat",
        "Element Code": 5510,
        "Element": "Area harvested",
        "Year Code": 2019,
        "Year": 2019,
        "Unit": "ha",
        "Value": 23727990,
        "Flag": "A",
        "Flag Description": "Official figure",
        "Note": null
      },
      {
        "Area Code": 5,
        "Area Code (M49)": "156",
        "Area": "China",
        "Item Code": 15,
        "Item Code (CPC)": "0111",
        "Item": "Wheat",
        "Element Code": 5510,
        "Element": "Area harvested",
        "Year Code": 2020,
        "Year": 2020,
        "Unit": "ha",
        "Value": 23341000,
        "Flag": "A",
        "Flag Description": "Official figure",
        "Note": null
      }
    ]
  }
}

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