Generating API Calls
The interface to the ABS data API is provided via Data Explorer. Data Explorer has been designed to allow users to rapidly locate and retrieve data.
All statistics in Data Explorer are also available via Application Programming Interface (API). The ABS Data API enables fast access to ABS statistics by using machine to machine 'API calls'. These calls return statistics in a machine friendly format so that you can integrate data into your own systems as they are released.
Data Explorer automatically generates an API call for the data selected in your table. Select Developer API to the top right of screen to view API calls for your selection. The Data query will return the exact data from your Data Explorer table. The Structure query will return structural metadata for the dataflow you are viewing.
The ABS Data API can provide data in XML, JSON and CSV format.