Economic Research from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

fred/release

• Description
• Example
  • Request
  • Response
• Parameters
  • api_key
  • release_id
  • realtime_start
  • realtime_end

Description

Get a release of economic data.

Request (HTTP GET)

http://api.stlouisfed.org/fred/release?release_id=53&api_key=abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456

Note that API key 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz123456' is for demonstration purposes only. Use a registered API key instead.

Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<releases realtime_start="2008-07-28" realtime_end="2008-07-28">
  <release id="53" realtime_start="2008-07-28" realtime_end="2008-07-28" name="Gross Domestic Product" press_release="true" link="http://www.bea.gov/national/index.htm"/>
</releases>

The release tag's link and notes attributes are optional.

Parameters

api_key

Read API Keys for more information.

• 32 character alpha-numeric lowercase string, required

release_id

The id for a release.

• integer, required

realtime_start

The start of the real-time period. For more information, see Real-Time Periods.

• YYYY-MM-DD formatted string, optional, default: today's date

realtime_end

The end of the real-time period. For more information, see Real-Time Periods.

• YYYY-MM-DD formatted string, optional, default: today's date