Developer data workflow
Public API Lab
Inspect public data requests and copy reproducible analysis code. Responses preserve source references, units, coverage, and missing-data states.
- Public endpoints
- 628 evidence domains
- Validated recipes
- 124live and editable requests
- Current rows
- 235,8101483 declared fields
- API keys
- 0open GET access
Endpoint topologyGET /api/public/:dataset
node size follows endpoint familiesReviewed through Aug 15, 2026
No API keyOpen same-origin GET requests across every endpoint family.
JSON + CSVOne filtered row contract in two portable response formats.
Five-minute cacheShared responses retain a 24-hour stale revalidation window.
Audit source review Public API live workbench
Live request console
Interrogate the public evidence layer.
Select a contract, tune its parameters, and run the exact same-origin request used by the observatory.- Endpoints
- 62
- Recipes
- 124
- Authentication
- None
Endpoint register
62 / 62Economy and prices
Consumer price context
Official BLS monthly CPI panel for 9 U.S. city average item universes from 2017-01 through 2026-07, preserving 9 publisher or response gaps without interpolation.Research promptHow have rent, airline fares, internet services, and prescription-drug prices moved since 2017 without treating prices as market power?Four monthly consumer-price series with publisher gaps preserved.
GET
/api/public/consumer-price-context?series=rent-of-primary-residence%2Cairline-fares%2Cinternet-services%2Cprescription-drugs&from=2017-01&to=2026-07Ready to run this request.The response envelope, headers, timing, byte count, and bounded preview will appear here.
Interpretation boundary