Make a time-series call

This call gets the WTI Crude Oil Price, which has a code of EIA/PET_RWTC_D from the US Department of Energy dataset: data = nasdaqdatalink.get("EIA/PET_RWTC_D")

Change formats

You can get the same data in a NumPy array: data = nasdaqdatalink.get("EIA/PET_RWTC_D", returns="numpy")

Make a filtered time-series call

To set start and end dates:
data = nasdaqdatalink.get("FRED/GDP", start_date="2001-12-31", end_date="2005-12-31")

To request specific columns:
data = nasdaqdatalink.get(["USTREASURY/YIELD.2", "FRED/GDP.1"])
This request will return the second column from the Treasury Yield Curve Rates time-series (USTREASURY/YIELD) which is part of the US Treasury dataset. This request will also return the first column from Gross Domestic Product time-series (FRED/GDP) which is part of the FRED dataset.

To request the last 5 rows:
data = nasdaqdatalink.get("USTREASURY/YIELD", rows=5)
This request will return the 5 most recent records.

Preprocess the data

To change the sampling frequency:
data = nasdaqdatalink.get("EIA/PET_RWTC_D", collapse="monthly")

To perform elementary calculations on the data: data = nasdaqdatalink.get("FRED/GDP", transformation="rdiff")

Download an entire time-series dataset

An entire time-series dataset's data can be downloaded.

For example, to download the dataset ZEA: nasdaqdatalink.bulkdownload("ZEA")

This call will download an entire time-series dataset as a ZIP file.

Please note that bulk downloading an entire time-series product is a feature applicable to premium products and may only be used by users with an active subscription.

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For a full list of optional query parameters for downloading a time-series dataset, click here.