Fred Data
Overview
Teh St. Louis Federal reserve makes its data available through a simple web call which can
be implemented simply in Python. However, in order to connect to the service, you must register for
an API key at the fred site.
The following code examples demonstrate connecting to the Fred site by appending your api key to the
url that you access. The davinci authentication mechanism and Fred app can simplify access.
(see
davinci access to fred)
Retrieving Observations
id = 'FDHBFRBN'
key = 'my-assigned-key'
url = 'https://api.stlouisfed.org/fred/series/observations?file_type=json&series_id='+id+'&api_key='+key;
Retrieving Categories
id = '0'
key = 'my-assigned-key'
url = 'https://api.stlouisfed.org/fred/category/children?category_id=0&file_type=json&api_key='+key;