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US Bureau of Labor Statistics

US Bureau of Labor Statistics Time Series API

Retrieve time series data for BLS statistical series

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US Bureau of Labor Statistics Time 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 Time Series. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 8 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.

2 operations 2 paths 8 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2.0
Base URL
https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2
Authentication
API Key
Contact
BLS Developer Support
License
Public Domain
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

US Bureau of Labor Statistics Time 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 2

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

Time Series 2

Retrieve time series data for BLS statistical series

POST
/timeseries/data/
Get Multiple Time Series Data
getMultipleTimeSeries body → 200400429
GET
/timeseries/data/{seriesId}
Get Single Time Series Data
getSingleTimeSeries 7 params → 200400404

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SeriesCatalog (9 properties), TimeSeriesRequest (8 properties), DataPoint (7 properties), SeriesResult (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DataPoint
object
7 properties
SeriesResult
object
4 properties
SeriesCatalog
object
Metadata description of a BLS series (v2 only)
9 properties
ErrorResponse
object
4 properties
Footnote
object
2 properties
TimeSeriesRequest
object
8 properties 1 required
Calculations
object
Statistical calculations for a data point (v2 only)
2 properties
TimeSeriesResponse
object
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

us-bureau-of-labor-statistics-time-series-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
us-bureau-of-labor-statistics:us-bureau-of-labor-statistics-time-series-api
Base URL
https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2
Docs
https://www.bls.gov/developers/home.htm
Provider
US Bureau of Labor Statistics
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