FRED connector for Okou
Connect FRED to search economic data series, inspect metadata, retrieve observations, and browse categories, releases, sources, and tags.
Data & infrastructure · API Key
Use FRED in Okou
Use the FRED API from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis to search economic data series, inspect series metadata, retrieve observations, and browse categories, releases, sources, or tags.
Once connected, supported FRED actions can become steps in a reusable workflow alongside the other services your team uses. Run the workflow once, on a schedule, or when an event starts it.
What you can do with FRED
- Read FRED category metadata and the series, tags, and related categories in a category.
- Read FRED economic-data releases, dates, series, sources, tags, related tags, and release tables.
- Search FRED series, read series metadata and observations, and inspect series categories, releases, tags, updates, and vintage dates.
- Read FRED economic-data sources and the releases associated with a source.
- Read FRED tags, related tags, and the series matching tags.
How the FRED connector works
A connected service becomes one permissioned step in the work you hand off.
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Connect FRED
Choose API Key.
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Choose the work
Use only the supported actions your workflow needs.
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Run it your way
Start it once, schedule it, or attach an event trigger.
Connect FRED securely
Use the connection method that fits your account and grant only the access the workflow needs.
- API Key
Connector access is controlled per service and per action, so a workflow does not need broader access than the work you ask it to do.
FRED connector questions
- What can Okou do with FRED?
- Connect FRED to search economic data series, inspect metadata, retrieve observations, and browse categories, releases, sources, and tags. Documented actions include: Read FRED category metadata and the series, tags, and related categories in a category. Read FRED economic-data releases, dates, series, sources, tags, related tags, and release tables.
- How do I connect FRED to Okou?
- Connect FRED using API Key. The connection controls which supported actions a workflow can use.
- Can FRED run in an automated workflow?
- Yes. After it is connected, supported FRED actions can run in reusable Okou workflows on demand, on a schedule, or from an event trigger.
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