GET/v1/inflationhistorical

Get historical inflation rates

Returns historical inflation rates for a given country and (optionally) time range. The maximum number of data points returned per API call is 100.

API Ninjas·$0.001 per call

Example code

// Using @orth/sdk - The simplest way to call APIs
// Install: npm install @orth/sdk
import Orthogonal from "@orth/sdk";

const orthogonal = new Orthogonal({
  apiKey: process.env.ORTHOGONAL_API_KEY,
});

const output = await orthogonal.run({
  api: "api-ninjas",
  path: "/v1/inflationhistorical",
  query: {
    "country": "example"
  }
});

console.log(output);

Query parameters

countryrequired

string

Either the 2-letter country code (ISO-3166-1 alpha-2) or the country name (case-insensitive).

start_time

number

Start time for the data range, specified as a UNIX timestamp in seconds.

end_time

number

End time for the data range, specified as a UNIX timestamp in seconds.

type

string

Inflation indicator type. Can be either CPI (Consumer Price Index) or HICP (Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices). If not provided, the CPI will be used by default. (Allowed: CPI, HICP)