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fred/source

Description

Get a source of economic data.

Example

Request (HTTP GET)

http://api.stlouisfed.org/fred/source?source_id=1&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" ?>
<sources realtime_start="2008-07-21" realtime_end="2008-07-21">
  <source id="1" realtime_start="2008-07-21" realtime_end="2008-07-21" name="Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System" link="http://www.federalreserve.gov/"/>
</sources>

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

Parameters

api_key

Read API Keys for more information.

source_id

The id for a source.

realtime_start

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

realtime_end

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