/v1/bulk/observations/series

Retrieve a series of observations for multiple variables and entities.

Request

https://api.datacommons.org/v1/bulk/observations/series?entities={entity_dcid_1}&entities={entity_dcid_2}&variables={variable_dcid_1}&variables={variable_dcid_2}&key={your_api_key}
URL: https://api.datacommons.org/v1/bulk/observations/series Header: X-API-Key: {your_api_key} JSON Data: { "entities": [ "{entity_dcid_1}", "{entity_dcid_2}", ... ], "variables": [ "{variable_dcid_1}", "{variable_dcid_2}", ... ] }

Path Parameters

There are no path parameters for this endpoint.

Query Parameters

Name Type Description
key
Required
string Your API key. See the page on authentication for a demo key, as well as instructions on how to get your own key.
entities
Required
Repeated string DCIDs of the entities the variables describe.
variables
Required
Repeated string DCIDs of the variables to query observations for.
all_facets
Optional
Boolean Whether to return data from all facets available. If true, data from all facets available will be returned. If false, only data from the preferred facet will be returned. Defaults to false.

Response

The response looks like:

{
  "observationsByVariable": [
    {
      "variable": "variable1_dcid",
      "observationsByEntity": [
        {
          "entity": "entity1_dcid",
          "seriesByFacet": [
            {
              "series": [
                {
                  "date": "YYYY-MM-DD",
                  "value": 1234
                }, ...
              ],
              "facet": 1234567890
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "entity": "entity2_dcid",
          "seriesByFacet": [
            {
              "series": [
                {
                  "date": "YYYY-MM-DD",
                  "value": 1234
                }, ...
              ],
              "facet": 1234567890
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }, ...
    {
      "variable": "variable2_dcid",
      "observationsByEntity": [
        {
          "entity": "entity1_dcid",
          "seriesByFacet": [
            {
              "series": [
                {
                  "date": "YYYY-MM-DD",
                  "value": 1234
                }, ...
              ],
              "facet": 1234567890
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "entity": "entity2_dcid",
          "seriesByFacet": [
            {
              "series": [
                {
                  "date": "YYYY-MM-DD",
                  "value": 1234
                }, ...
              ],
              "facet": 1234567890
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Response fields

Name Type Description
observationsByVariable list List of observations organized by variable. These are further organized by entity, and then by facet. Observations are returned in chronological order.
facets object Metadata on the facet(s) the data came from. Can include things like provenance, measurement method, and units.

Examples

Example 1: Get time series for multiple variables and entities

Get total annual electric power consumption (DCID: Annual_Consumption_Coal_ElectricPower ) and water withdrawal rates (DCID: WithdrawalRate_Water ) for both Virginia (DCID: geoId/51 ) and Texas (DCID: geoId/48 )

  • Request:

    $ curl --request GET --url \
    'https://api.datacommons.org/v1/bulk/observations/series?entities=geoId/51&entities=geoId/48&variables=Annual_Consumption_Coal_ElectricPower&variables=WithdrawalRate_Water&key=AIzaSyCTI4Xz-UW_G2Q2RfknhcfdAnTHq5X5XuI'
    
  • Request:

    $ curl --request POST \
    --url https://api.datacommons.org/v1/bulk/observations/series \
    --header 'X-API-Key: AIzaSyCTI4Xz-UW_G2Q2RfknhcfdAnTHq5X5XuI' \
    --data '{"entities":["geoId/51", "geoId/48"], "variables":["Annual_Consumption_Coal_ElectricPower", "WithdrawalRate_Water"]}'
    

Response:

{
   "observationsByVariable": [
       {
           "variable": "Annual_Consumption_Coal_ElectricPower",
           "observationsByEntity": [
               {
                   "entity": "geoId/48",
                   "seriesByFacet": [
                       {
                           "series": [
                               {
                                   "date": "2001",
                                   "value": 92437807
                               },
                               {
                                   "date": "2002",
                                   "value": 95672686
                               },
 
                              
                               <...output truncated for brevity...>
                               
 
                               {
                                   "date": "2019",
                                   "value": 63310631
                               },
                               {
                                   "date": "2020",
                                   "value": 56068974
                               }
                           ],
                           "facet": 3743503335
                       }
                   ]
               },
               {
                   "entity": "geoId/51",
                   "seriesByFacet": [
                       {
                           "series": [
                               {
                                   "date": "2001",
                                   "value": 15427618
                               },
                               {
                                   "date": "2002",
                                   "value": 15416555
                               },
                              
                               <...output truncated for brevity...>
                               
                               {
                                   "date": "2019",
                                   "value": 1972956
                               },
                               {
                                   "date": "2020",
                                   "value": 1814436
                               }
                           ],
                           "facet": 3743503335
                       }
                   ]
               }
           ]
       },
       {
           "variable": "WithdrawalRate_Water",
           "observationsByEntity": [
               {
                   "entity": "geoId/48",
                   "seriesByFacet": [
                       {
                           "series": [
                               {
                                   "date": "1985",
                                   "value": 25185.230000000014
                               },
                               {
                                   "date": "1990",
                                   "value": 26321.259999999987
                               },
                              
                               <...output truncated for brevity...>
                               
                               {
                                   "date": "2010",
                                   "value": 33382.35999999998
                               },
                               {
                                   "date": "2015",
                                   "value": 30029.560000000005
                               }
                           ],
                           "facet": 2157651424
                       }
                   ]
               },
               {
                   "entity": "geoId/51",
                   "seriesByFacet": [
                       {
                           "series": [
                               {
                                   "date": "1985",
                                   "value": 2158.1
                               },
                               {
                                   "date": "1990",
                                   "value": 2367.2300000000005
                               },
                              
                               <...output truncated for brevity...>
                               
                               {
                                   "date": "2010",
                                   "value": 8800.439999999995
                               },
                               {
                                   "date": "2015",
                                   "value": 7720.680000000003
                               }
                           ],
                           "facet": 2157651424
                       }
                   ]
               }
           ]
       }
   ]
}

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