Quick tour

Let's say we want to find data about product transactions between France and some other countries.

We'll start by searching for a corresponding dataset on the DBnomics website, and then we'll see how to download time series using the Python client of the web API.

DBnomics website

The website of DBnomics allows users to browse data using different entry points.

In our case let's say we don't know which dataset contains the data we are looking for, so we start with a full-text search.

Enter the trade products keywords in the search field of the sidebar, and see the search results:

After looking at the results, we choose to use the dataset CEPII/BACI_HS17, which contains data about bilateral trade of products between countries.

Clicking on "Go to dataset" opens the dataset page:

The dataset page shows the total number of series (17,819,522 in this case), and allows to filter them by dimensions.

Let's set the "Exporter" dimension to "France", and see the 497,196 series that match this criteria:

Time series page

Each time series has its own URL, allowing to display it as a chart or a table, and easing referencing.

Here is the page of the time series ECB/EXR/A.ARS.EUR.SP00.A: