Documentation

The Central Bank of Chile provides two types of web services; the first one allows the retrieval of time series data and the second contains a catalogue of available time series.

GetSeries

Allows data series retrieving.

• URL: https://si3.bcentral.cl/SieteRestWS/SieteRestWS.ashx?user=123456789&pass=password&firstdate=YYYY-MM-DD&lastdate=YYYY-MM-DD&timeseries=codigodeserie&function=GetSeries



Where:

• user (mandatory): fill in your username.
• pass (mandatory): fill in your password.
• function (optional): fill in GetSeries value. If not set GetSeries used as default.
• timeseries (mandatory): time series id being retrieved. See list of series available.
• firstdate (optional): start date for data retrieve. If not set, data will be collected since first available observation.
• lastdate (optional): end date for data retrieve. If not set, data will be collected until last available observation.
• Response: JSON.

{
  "Codigo": 0,
  "Descripcion": "Success",
  "Series": {
    "descripEsp": "Tasa de política monetaria (TPM) (porcentaje)",
    "descripIng": "Monetary policy rate (MPR) (percentage)",
    "seriesId": "F022.TPM.TIN.D001.NO.Z.D",
    "Obs": [
      {
        "indexDateString": "12-10-2021",
        "value": "1.5",
        "statusCode": "OK"
      },
      {
        "indexDateString": "13-10-2021",
        "value": "1.5",
        "statusCode": "OK"
      },
      {
        "indexDateString": "14-10-2021",
        "value": "2.75",
        "statusCode": "OK"
      },
      {
        "indexDateString": "15-10-2021",
        "value": "2.75",
        "statusCode": "OK"
      }
    ]
  },
  "SeriesInfos": []
}
      

SearchSeries

Provides a list of available timeseries per frequency and its metadata.

• URL: https://si3.bcentral.cl/SieteRestWS/SieteRestWS.ashx?user=123456789&pass=password&frequency=frecuenciaelegida&function=SearchSeries



Where:

• user (mandatory): fill in your username.
• pass (mandatory): fill in your password.
• function (mandatory): fill in SearchSeries value.
• frequency (mandatory): fill in the frequency for which you want to access the catalog of available series, such as DAILY, MONTHLY, QUARTERLY or ANNUAL.
• Respuesta: JSON.

{
  "Codigo": 0,
  "Descripcion": "Success",
  "Series": {
    "descripEsp": null,
    "descripIng": null,
    "seriesId": null,
    "Obs": null
  },
  "SeriesInfos": [
    {
      "seriesId": "F061.1.FLU.S.USD.Z.T",
      "frequencyCode": "QUARTERLY",
      "spanishTitle": "Cuenta corriente, 1996-2011 (BP)",
      "englishTitle": "Current account, 1996-2011 (BP)",
      "firstObservation": "01-01-1996",
      "lastObservation": "01-07-2011",
      "updatedAt": "09-01-2015",
      "createdAt": "09-01-2015"
    },
    {
      "seriesId": "F061.1A.FLU.S.USD.Z.T",
      "frequencyCode": "QUARTERLY",
      "spanishTitle": "Comercio de bienes y servicios, 1996-2011 (BP)",
      "englishTitle": "Current account - Goods and services, 1996-2011 (BP)",
      "firstObservation": "01-01-1996",
      "lastObservation": "01-07-2011",
      "updatedAt": "09-01-2015",
      "createdAt": "09-01-2015"
    },
    {
      "seriesId": "F061.1AA.FLU.S.USD.Z.T",
      "frequencyCode": "QUARTERLY",
      "spanishTitle": "Balanza comercial, 1996-2011 (BP)",
      "englishTitle": "Trade balance, 1996-2011 (BP)",
      "firstObservation": "01-01-1996",
      "lastObservation": "01-07-2011",
      "updatedAt": "09-01-2015",
      "createdAt": "09-01-2015"
    },
    ...
  ]
}