Data Query Web Service

Overview

The Data Query web service offers both a RESTful GET API which conforms the SDMX Specification, and a RESTful POST API which supports advanced features such as joining mulitple datasets and selecting lists of series. Both the GET and POST web service support the SDMX standard parameters such as startPeriod and endPeriod, in addition to this, both APIs support advanced parameters to support features such as paging and calculations.

Both REST and POST APIs offer the same as valid reponse formats, this can be controlled via the format data query parameter, or by using the HTTP Accept Header.

This document describes the Syntax of both the GET and POST API. Both APIs share the same Header Parameters and Query Parameters, as such these sections are applicable to both APIs.

REST GET

Entry Point	/ws/public/sdmxapi/rest
Access	Public
Http Method	GET
Compression	gzip supported
Response Format	Determined by Accept Header - default SDMX 2.1 Structure Specific Data
Response Statuses	200 - Ok 400 - Bad URL Syntax 500 - Server Error

HTTP Headers

The Accept Header is used to define the output format, to transform the data to. The supported accept header values are

In addition, the following optional header parameters can be used to provide further details on the incoming dataset. If these details are not provided, the Fusion Registry will interrogate the dataset header to get the information. If the dataset is a non-SDMX format, or does not contain the required information in the header, then an error response will be returned.

HTTP Header	Purpose	Allowed Values
Accept	This can be used to define the response format of the data	See Accept Headers
Accept-Language	This optional header can be used to set the locale to return any multilingual text in (names and descriptions). If the text does not exist in the specified locale, then the default rules will be applied to find the next best appropriate locale. The corresponding locale parameter can be used to override this HTTP Header	Any valid locale, example: en

Standard HTTP Query Parameters

The standard query paramters are supported by both GET and POST queries, and are part of the official SDMX API.

Request Parameter	Purpose	Allowed Values
Parameters to restrict observations per series
startPeriod	Only return observations if the observation time if after the time specified	Any valid SDMX Time Format
endPeriod	Only return observations if the observation time if before the time specified	Any valid SDMX Time Format
lastNObservations	The last ‘n’ observations to return for each matched series	number
firstNObservations	The first ‘n’ observations to return for each matched series	number
updatedAfter	Only return data if it was updated after the time specified	Any valid SDMX Time Format
Parameters to refine content
detail	Specifies the amount of information to be returned	full (default) – return the complete dataset dataonly – exclude attributes and groups serieskeysonly – only include series, no observations nodata – returns the groups and series, including attributes and annotations, without observations
includeHistory	When observation values have been revised over time, this parameter is used to include previous revisions	true/false
Parameters to change layout
dimensionAtObservation	Groups the data by one of the Dimensions of the DSD	AllDimensions - used to request the observations are not grouped by any dimension 'dimension id' - used to group the observations by the specified dimenison id must be a valid Dimension Id for the DSD being queried Note: This parameter is not supported by all output formats

Extended HTTP Query Parameters

The Extended query paramters are supported by both GET and POST queries, and are not part of the official SDMX API.

Request Parameter	Purpose	Allowed Values
Parameters to restrict observations per series
obsLimit	Limit with error if exceeded. Max number of obs that can be returned. HTTP response code of 413 (request entity too large) is returned if the query exceeds the limit	number
seriesLimit	Limit with error if exceeded. Max number of series that can be returned. HTTP response code of 413 (request entity too large) is returned if the query exceeds the limit	number
max	Limit for pagination, specifies the limit for the number of series, any additional series over this limit will not be returned	number
offset	Use with max to support pagination, the offset defines which series match to start writing	number
Parameters for saving content
saveAs	If provided the response will be saved to a file with the given name. The file name does not need to include the format postfix, however if .zip is the type, the reponse will be in zip format	string
prettyPrint	XML formats only, if true the XML will be formatted for easy of readability	true/false
Parameters for language
locale	Alternative to using the HTTP Accept-Langauge header. Locale is used to define which langauge to export labels in. If the metadata does not include a label in the requested langauge, and alternative language is selected by the server. For CSV formats the locale is also used to format numerical observation values	string
Calculating and transforming values
calculatemeasure	Creates a new Dimension to support the output of new calculated measures, including percentage change, and moving average	Syntax [Measure ID];[calculation 1];[calculation 2];[...] Example MEASURE;mvavg;pch
aggregate	Removes one or more Dimensions from the output, collapsing multiple series and aggregating the values. || Syntax: [DIM_ID ARRAY;AGGREAGATION FUNCTION;KEEP DIMENSIONS] Example: FREQ,REF_AREA;SUM;keep The Aggregation function is SUM if not provided If 'keep' is not included the default behaviour is to remove the Dimensions in the given list, with keep only the Dimensions in the list are kept
completecube	Fills in missing values for each series based on the start and end period of the data query for example if the data query states startPeriod=2008 but the data for one series starts at 2010, this manager will create a writer which completes the cube by either filling in with blank values, or one which is passed in on the parameter	true
interpolate	Derive values for periods with no data (uses linear interpolation)	linear
normalisefreq	Output all series in the given Frequency, even if the data is held in a different frequency, the aggregation function is used to convert frequencies	Syntax: [FREQUENCY;AGGREGATION FUNCTION] Example: normalisefreq=A;SUM
round	Round observations to x decimal places. The default behaviour is to ensure all observations meet the given number of decimal places by either rounding the excess, or filling missing with zero values. For example rounding 1.232 to 2 would retun 1.23, however rounding to 4 would return 1.2320. The behaviour can be changed so the round funciton is an upper limit, but values are not expanded to meet the limit	Syntax: round=[decimal places;ROUND_FUNCTION;maxdp] Example : round=2;halfup;maxdp