Working with API
Learn how to work with API and how to use the BLS library.
Things we need
There are two and a half things we’ll need to access the API successfully:
- BLS endpoint addresses matching the specific data series you need
- Python code to launch the request
- A
BLS API key
to unlock higher request rates (in case we need them)
To work with Python, as shown in the figure, we need to access the API.