BCCHAPI

Statistical Data Base API client of the Central Bank of Chile.

The Central Bank of Chile provides a web service that allows searching and extracting economic information contained in its Statistical Data Base (BDE). The records are displayed in a format useful for developers and analysts who wish to automate their query processes.

The API currently supports only to functions: GetSeries (default) used for retrieveng historical data on a specific series, and SearchSeries used for searching series by frequency code (ie: daily, monthly, quearterly or yearly).

For further information on how to use the API directly, please refer to the official documentation. Usage of the API is subject to the restrictions defined in the Terms and Conditions of the Statistical Data Base API of the Central Bank of Chile. As of January of 2024, the API allows up to 5 requests per second per user.

Installation

npm i -S bcchapi

Usage

// ESM
import { Client } from 'bcchapi';

// CommonJS
const { Client } = require('bcchapi');

Authentication

To authenticate the API calls you first need to register at the Statistical Data Base Website of the Central Bank of Chile, login and activate your credentials.

const client = new Client({
  user: 'jdoe@example.com',
  pass: 'secret',
});

GetSeries

Allows you to retrieve historic data series.

• Series Catalogue: EN | ES

Parameters

name	type	required	description	example
series	string	Yes	The series identifier	'F072.EUR.USD.N.O.D'
since	string or Date	No	The starting date of the series	'2020-12-01'
until	string or Date	No	The ending date of the series	'2020-12-02'

NOTE: The API does not implements pagination, so if you need to retrieve a large amount of data, you should use the since and until parameters to split the request into smaller chunks.

Example

const series = await client.getSeries({
  series: 'F072.EUR.USD.N.O.D',
  since: '2020-12-01',
  until: '2020-12-02',
});

console.log(series);

Output

{
  seriesId: 'F072.EUR.USD.N.O.D',
  description: 'Euro per US dollar',
  data: [
    { date: '2020-12-01', value: 0.8373 },
    { date: '2020-12-02', value: 0.8304 }
  ]
}

SearchSeries

Allows you to search for series by their frequency code (ie: daily, monthly, quarterly, yearly).

Parameters

name	type	required	description	example
frequency	string	Yes	The frequency code to search (DAILY, MONTHLY, QUARTERLY, ANNUAL)	'DAILY'

Example

import { Frequency } from 'bcchapi';

const result = await client.searchSeries({ frequency: Frequency.DAILY });

console.log(result);

Output

[
  ...
  {
    seriesId: 'F021.AHP.STO.N.CLP.0.D',
    frequency: 'DAILY',
    title: 'Time savings deposits, including those for housing',
    firstObservedAt: '2011-01-03',
    lastObservedAt: '2023-12-29',
    updatedAt: '2024-01-08',
    createdAt: '2024-01-08'
  },
  {
    seriesId: 'F021.BMO.STO.N.CLP.0.D',
    frequency: 'DAILY',
    title: 'Monetary base ',
    firstObservedAt: '2011-01-03',
    lastObservedAt: '2023-12-29',
    updatedAt: '2024-01-08',
    createdAt: '2024-01-08'
  },
  ...
]