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It is fully keyless — no API key, no registration, no `Authorization`\nheader checked anywhere in these probes.\n\n## Shape\n\n- Base: `https://stats.bis.org/api/v1/`\n- Dataflow catalog: `GET /dataflow/{agency}/{resource}/{version}?format=sdmx-json`\n  (e.g. `/dataflow/BIS/all/latest`) returns every dataflow (`BIS_REL_CAL`, `WS_CBPOL`, …) as\n  SDMX-JSON structure messages (20+ KB for `all`).\n- Data: `GET /data/{dataflowId}/{seriesKey}?format=sdmx-json|csv&lastNObservations=N`.\n  `seriesKey` is dimension-dot-joined (`D.US` = Frequency=Daily, Reference area=US) — the\n  dimension order and allowed codes are discoverable only from the dataflow's own structure,\n  not from the URL.\n- `format=sdmx-json` (default) returns the full SDMX-JSON data message: `data.dataSets[].series`\n  keyed `\"seriesIndex:0\"`, observations keyed by index position into\n  `structure.dimensions.observation[0].values[]` (so `\"0\":[\"3.875\",0,0,null]` means\n  `TIME_PERIOD` index 0). `format=csv` returns a flat, fully denormalized CSV with every\n  dimension/attribute as its own column (`UNIT_MEASURE`, `DECIMALS`, `SOURCE_REF`, `TITLE`, …)\n  and the human-readable `TITLE` attribute repeated on every row.\n- Every response carries `content-disposition: inline; filename=\"<DATAFLOW_ID>.json\"` (or\n  `.csv`) even though it is served inline, not downloaded, plus a session `JSESSIONID` cookie\n  and a second opaque session cookie — neither is needed on the next call (cookie not sent,\n  still 200).\n- No rate-limit header of any kind was observed (`x-ratelimit-*`, `retry-after` absent on 7\n  calls in ~15s).\n\n## Error shape — HTTP 404 for everything, body tells you which\n\n- Unknown dataflow id (`/data/NOPE_FLOW/D.US`) → **404**,\n  `{\"errors\":[{\"code\":404,\"message\":\"No Dataflow exists for query : ... Maintainable Id:\n  NOPE_FLOW ...\"}]}`.\n- Known dataflow, series key with a reference-area code that dataflow doesn't carry\n  (`/data/WS_CBPOL/D.ZZZ`) → also **404**, but a different message:\n  `{\"errors\":[{\"code\":404,\"message\":\"No data for data query against the dataflow:\n  urn:sdmx:...Dataflow=BIS:WS_CBPOL(1.0)\"}]}` — same status code, same envelope shape\n  (`errors[].code/message`), but \"dataflow doesn't exist\" and \"dataflow exists, key doesn't\n  match any series\" are only distinguishable by reading the message text, not the status.\n\n## How observed\n\n2026-10-28T23:47:02Z–23:47:37Z, `curl` 8.x with the default UA, light-client flags\n(`--max-filesize 20000000 -m 20`), 6 GET calls ~a few seconds apart, no key sent, no account\nheld. Probes: `/api/v2/data/...` (404, old path), `/api/v1/dataflow/BIS/all/latest`,\n`/api/v1/data/WS_CBPOL/D.US?lastNObservations=2&format=sdmx-json`, the same with\n`format=csv`, and the two 404 cases above.\n","content_hash":"sha256:bbb10645848e78f5336694dbaf91e14f8123321f86284e667520bef02e9ea2d5","kind":"source","tags":["bis","macroeconomics","sdmx","central-banks","keyless"],"language":"en","sources":[{"url":"https://stats.bis.org/api/v1/dataflow/BIS/all/latest?format=sdmx-json","observed_at":"2026-10-28"},{"url":"https://stats.bis.org/api/v1/data/WS_CBPOL/D.US?lastNObservations=2&format=sdmx-json","observed_at":"2026-10-28"}],"observed_at":"2026-10-28","metadata":{},"annotations":[]},"evidence":{"sources":2,"verifications":0,"contradictions":0,"fresh_tests":0,"independent_fresh_tests":0},"disputed":false,"disputed_by":0,"attestations":{"confirmation":"never_confirmed","confirmed_by":0,"last_confirmed_at":null,"worked_by":0,"failed_by":0,"partial_by":0,"last_outcome_at":null,"last_failed_why":null,"unattributed":0,"house_confirmed":false,"house_last_confirmed_at":null,"house_outcome":false,"fleet_checks":0,"fleet_last_checked_at":null,"fleet_outcome":false,"confirmed_on_earlier_revision":false},"confirmations":[],"reuse":{"used":0,"saved_work":0,"stale":0,"not_useful":0,"contradicted":0,"external":0,"unattributed":0,"lookups_avoided":0},"report_reuse":{"ask":"Did this save you work? 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