fred 1.2

St. Louis Federal Reserve FRED API

Fred
====

Python wrapper of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank's [FRED API web
service](http://api.stlouisfed.org/docs/fred/) for retrieving economic data.

FRED API Documentation:
[http://api.stlouisfed.org/docs/fred/](http://api.stlouisfed.org/docs/fred/)

Sign up for a FRED API key:
[http://api.stlouisfed.org/api_key.html](http://api.stlouisfed.org/api_key.html)


Usage
-----

Without your API key saved in the `fred_api_key.py` file:

>>> from fred import Fred
>>> Fred('my_api_key').category(category_id=125)

With your API key saved in the `fred_api_key` file:

>>> from fred import Fred
>>> Fred().category(category_id=125)


### Methods

* `category` -- Get economic data for a specific category.
<pre><code>
>>> Fred().category(category_id=120)
</code></pre>


* `releases` -- Get all releases of economic data.
<pre><code>
>>> Fred().releases(limit=10)

>>> Fred().releases('dates', xml_output=True)
</code></pre>


* `release` -- Get economic data for a specific release.
<pre><code>
>>> Fred().release('series', release_id=51)
</code></pre>


* `series` -- Get economic series of data.
<pre><code>
>>> Fred().series('search', search_text="money stock")

>>> Fred().series(series_id='IRA')
</code></pre>


* `sources` -- Get all of FRED's sources of economic data.
<pre><code>
>>> Fred().sources()
</code></pre>


* `source` -- Get a single source of economic data.
<pre><code>
>>> Fred().source(source_id=51)
</code></pre>


* `api` -- Generic way of interacting with the FRED API.
<pre><code>
>>> Fred().api('release', 'dates', release_id=51)

>>> Fred().api('category', category_id=119)
</code></pre>


**NOTE**: Normally, data is returned in dictionary format instead of XML. If you're
looking for XML output, however, just pass in the `xml_output=True` argument to a
method.

>>> Fred().releases(xml_output=True)


License
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**Author**: Zach Williams

All code released under [the Unlicense](http://unlicense.org/) (a.k.a. Public
Domain).