How to get data from Australia Bureau of Statistics using pandasmdx - json

Question

Is there anyone who got ABS data using pandasmsdx library?
Here is the code to get data from European Central Bank (ECB) which is working.
from pandasdmx import Request
ecb = Request('ECB')
flow_response = ecb.dataflow()
print(flow_response.write().dataflow.head())
exr_flow = ecb.dataflow('EXR')
dsd = exr_flow.dataflow.EXR.structure()
data_response = ecb.data(resource_id='EXR', key={'CURRENCY': ['USD', 'JPY']}, params={'startPeriod': '2016'})
However, when I change Request('ECB') to Request('ABS') , error popups in 2nd line saying,
"{ValueError}This agency only supports requests for data, not dataflow."
Is there a way to get data from ABS?
documentation for pandasdmx: https://pandasdmx.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage.html#basic-usage

Answer 1

Hope this will help
from pandasdmx import Request
Agency_Code = 'ABS'
Dataset_Id = 'ATSI_BIRTHS_SUMM'
ABS = Request(Agency_Code)
data_response = ABS.data(resource_id='ATSI_BIRTHS_SUMM', params={'startPeriod': '2016'})
#This will result into a stacked DataFrame
df = data_response.write(data_response.data.series, parse_time=False)
#A flat DataFrame
data_response.write().unstack().reset_index()
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) only supports to their SDMX-JSON APIs, they don't send SDMX-ML messages like others. That's the reason it doesn't supports dataflow feature.
Please read for further reference: https://pandasdmx.readthedocs.io/en/stable/agencies.html#pre-configured-data-providers