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Reserve Requirements Releases API

Access Federal Reserve statistical releases.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

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

3 operations 3 paths 5 schemas 3 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.stlouisfed.org/fred
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

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

  • apiKeyQuery — FRED API key obtained from api.stlouisfed.org/api/key.html

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Releases 3

Access Federal Reserve statistical releases.

GET
/releases
List Releases
listReleases 4 params → 200
GET
/release
Get Release
getRelease 3 params → 200
GET
/release/series
Get Release Series
getReleaseSeries 4 params → 200

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Series (15 properties), ReleasesResponse (8 properties), SeriesSearchResponse (8 properties), Release (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SeriesSearchResponse
object
8 properties
Release
object
6 properties
ReleasesResponse
object
8 properties
ReleaseResponse
object
1 property
Series
object
15 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

reserve-requirements-releases-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑