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df = fred.search("S&P", limit=1000, order_by=None, sort_order=None, filter=None) | df = fred.search("S&P", limit=1000, order_by=None, sort_order=None, filter=None) | ||
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The exploration yields a series with the ID "SP500". | |||
fred.search("text", limit=1000, order_by=None, sort_order=None, filter=None) | fred.search("text", limit=1000, order_by=None, sort_order=None, filter=None) | ||
Revision as of 19:37, 8 October 2023
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Overview
This article describes the sequence of steps required to process financial data obtained from FRED API.
Procedure
Import the package and establish a connection to the FRED backend, providing the API Key obtained as described here.
from fredapi import Fred
fred = Fred(api_key='...')
Search for a dataset using full text search. The result is a DataFrame.
df = fred.search("S&P", limit=1000, order_by=None, sort_order=None, filter=None)
The exploration yields a series with the ID "SP500".
fred.search("text", limit=1000, order_by=None, sort_order=None, filter=None) </syntaxhighlight> Do a full text search for series in the FRED data set. Returns the results as a data frame.