statbank 1.0.1

Statbank API client library

Statbank

Installation

The statbank library can be installed using pip:

$ pip install statbank

Usage

Import the statbank package

import statbank

info = printstatbank.tableinfo('aup03')
print(info.description)

API reference

statbank.data(tableid, variables=dict(), stream=False, descending=False, lang='da')

Pulls data from a table and generates rows. Variables is a dictionary mapping variable codes to values. Streaming: Values must be chosen for all variables when streaming

statbank.subjects(subjects=None, recursive=False, include_tables=False, lang='da')

List subjects from the subject hierarchy. If subjects is not given, the root subjects will be used.

statbank.tableinfo(tableid, lang='da')

Fetch metadata for statbank table. Metadata includes information about variables, which can be used when extracting data.

statbank.tables(subjects=None, pastDays=None, include_inactive=False, lang='da'):

Find tables placed under given subjects.

Data objects

Data instances have the following attributes:

• Data.value
• Data.time
• Data.variables

Subject objects

Subject instances have the following attributes:

• Subject.id
• Subject.description
• Subject.subjects
• Subject.tables

Table objects

Table instances have the following attributes:

• Table.id
• Table.text
• Table.unit
• Table.firstPeriod
• Table.latestPeriod
• Table.active
• Table.variables
• Table.updated

Tableinfo objects

Tableinfo instances have the following attributes:

• Tableinfo.id
• Tableinfo.updated
• Tableinfo.unit
• Tableinfo.variables