comtradeapicall 1.0.1

A package to call UN Comtrade APIs

ComtradeAPICALL Package

This package simplifies calling APIs of UN Comtrade to extract and download data . New users can learn more about UN Comtrade at the wiki.

The main script is located at /src/comtradeapicall_package_3m/init.py. And the folder tests contains example script how to install and use the package.

The packaging instruction is located at Packaging Python Project.

##Available functions:

• previewFinalData, previewTarifflineData (extract data to pandas data frame, max record 500, no subscription key)
• getFinalData, getTarifflineData (extract data to pandas data frame, max record 250K, require free or premium subscription key)
• bulkDownloadFinalFile, bulkDownloadTarifflineFile (download data files, require premium subscription key)

(See tests folder for examples)

###Downloaded file name The naming convention follows the following : "COMTRADE-<DATA>-<TYPE><FREQ><COUNTRY CODE><YEAR[ -MONTH]><CLASSIFICATION CODE>[<RELEASE DATE>]"

As examples:

• Final merchandise trade data from Morocco (code 504) in March 2000 released on 3 Jan 2023 coded using H1 classification : COMTRADE -FINAL-CM504200003H1[2023-01-03]
• Tariffline merchandise trade from Morocco (code 504) in March 2000 released on 3 Jan 2023 coded using H1 classification: COMTRADE -TARIFFLINE-CM504200003H1[2023-01-03]

See differences between final and tariffline data at the Wiki