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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Series API

Time series data operations for retrieving labor statistics across BLS surveys including employment, CPI, wages, and more.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Series API is one of 2 APIs that U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 4 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Series. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, a JSON-LD context, and 4 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 11 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 2.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2, https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1.

3 operations 3 paths 11 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
2.0
Base URL
https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2
Authentication
API Key
Contact
BLS Developer Support
License
Public Domain
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Series API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as registrationkey (ApiKeyQuery). By default, every request must be authenticated, though some operations may also be called without credentials.

  • ApiKeyQuery — Free BLS API registration key. Register at https://data.bls.gov/registrationEngine/ to obtain a key for Version 2 API features.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Series 3

Time series data operations for retrieving labor statistics across BLS surveys including employment, CPI, wages, and more.

GET
/timeseries/data/{seriesId}
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Get Single Series Data
getSingleSeries 8 params → 200400429
POST
/timeseries/data/
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Get Multiple Series Data
getMultipleSeries body → 200400429
GET
/timeseries/popular
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Get Popular Series
getPopularSeries 2 params → 200400

Schemas 11

The contract defines 11 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SeriesCatalog (8 properties), MultipleSeriesRequest (8 properties), DataPoint (7 properties), SeriesData (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

SeriesResults
object
Container for series data results.
1 property
PeriodCalculations
object
Calculations for a specific data point.
2 properties
ErrorResponse
object
Error response from the BLS API.
4 properties
Footnote
object
A footnote code and text applicable to a data point.
2 properties
PopularSeriesResponse
object
Response containing popular BLS series.
4 properties
SeriesCatalog
object
Catalog metadata describing a BLS series.
8 properties
SeriesData
object
Data for a single BLS time series.
4 properties
SeriesResponse
object
Standard BLS API response containing time series data.
4 properties
MultipleSeriesRequest
object
Request body for fetching multiple time series.
8 properties 1 required
Calculations
object
Net and percent change calculations for a series.
2 properties
DataPoint
object
A single time series data observation.
7 properties

Specification

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Source

u-s-bureau-of-labor-statistics-series-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
u-s-bureau-of-labor-statistics:u-s-bureau-of-labor-statistics-series-api
Base URL
https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2
Docs
https://www.bls.gov/developers/
Provider
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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