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FRED Series API

Economic data series metadata, search, categorization, release linkage, tags, updates, and vintages.

FRED Series API is one of 10 APIs that FRED publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Series. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 9 operations across 9 paths, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.stlouisfed.org/geofred.

9 operations 9 paths 9 schemas 9 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.stlouisfed.org/fred
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

FRED Series API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as api_key (ApiKeyAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ApiKeyAuth — 32-character lower-case alphanumeric FRED API key (same key used for the FRED API).

Paths & Operations 9

Across 9 paths, the API surfaces 9 operations — 9 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Series 9

Economic data series metadata, search, categorization, release linkage, tags, updates, and vintages.

GET
/series
FRED Get an Economic Data Series
getSeries 5 params → 200
GET
/series/categories
FRED Get the Categories for an Economic Data Series
getSeriesCategories 5 params → 200
GET
/series/release
FRED Get the Release for an Economic Data Series
getSeriesRelease 5 params → 200
GET
/series/search
FRED Get Economic Data Series That Match Keywords
searchSeries 14 params → 200
GET
/series/search/tags
FRED Get the Tags for a Series Search
searchSeriesTags 12 params → 200
GET
/series/search/related_tags
FRED Get the Related Tags for a Series Search
searchSeriesRelatedTags 13 params → 200
GET
/series/tags
FRED Get the Tags for an Economic Data Series
getSeriesTags 7 params → 200
GET
/series/updates
FRED Get Economic Data Series Sorted by Last Updated Date
getSeriesUpdates 9 params → 200
GET
/series/vintagedates
FRED Get the Dates in History When a Series Was Revised or Newly Released
getSeriesVintageDates 8 params → 200

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Series (16 properties), SeriesList (8 properties), TagList (8 properties), ReleaseList (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

VintageDateList
object
A list of vintage (release) dates for a series.
8 properties 1 required
Tag
object
A FRED tag.
6 properties 2 required
ReleaseList
object
A list of FRED releases.
8 properties 1 required
CategoryList
object
A list of FRED categories.
1 property 1 required
TagList
object
A list of FRED tags.
8 properties 1 required
Release
object
A FRED release of economic data.
7 properties 2 required
SeriesList
object
A list of FRED series.
8 properties 1 required
Category
object
A FRED category node.
4 properties 3 required
Series
object
A FRED economic data series and its metadata.
16 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

fred-series-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs FRED publishes across the network.

FRED Categories API
FRED Observations API
FRED Regional Data API
FRED Releases API
FRED Series Data API
FRED Series Group API
FRED Shapes API
FRED Sources API
FRED Tags API
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