US Bureau of Labor Statistics Popular Series API
Retrieve the most popular BLS series identifiers
US Bureau of Labor Statistics Popular Series API is one of 3 APIs that US Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Popular Series. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.
This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2.0.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2, https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
US Bureau of Labor Statistics Popular Series API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the query as registrationkey (ApiKey).
ApiKey— Free API registration key from https://data.bls.gov/registrationEngine/. Required for v2 API access with higher rate limits.
Paths & Operations 1
Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Retrieve the most popular BLS series identifiers
Schemas 3
The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SeriesCatalog (9 properties), PopularSeriesResponse (4 properties), PopularSeries (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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