What it returns
Italian national statistics from Istat's official SDMX API, as labelled rows. - **Presets**: `cpi` (NIC consumer price index, base 2025: index, monthly and annual change), `unemployment` (monthly unemployment rate 15-74, raw and seasonally adjusted), `gdp` (quarterly GDP, chain-linked 2020 prices, raw, calendar and seasonally adjusted) - **Any dataflow**: `dataflow` + SDMX `key` Istat republishes series with every release (edition). This API keeps only the latest edition of each observation and reports which edition it came from.
| field | meaning |. |---|---|. | `dataflow`, `series` | Istat dataflow and the series' labels |. | `period`, `value` | `2026-09`, `2026-Q2` and the value |. | `unit`, `basePeriod` | as published (often only on some releases) |. | `edition`, `editionDate` | the Istat release the value comes from |. | `status`, `dimensions`, `codes` | observation status, dimension labels, and codes to build your own key |. | `preset`, `source` | the preset used and the Istat data browser |.
Request
POST https://api.pushbuild.com/istat-italy-statistics/run with a JSON body. Send your key in the X-API-Key header.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
presets | list of strings | Any of: cpi, unemployment, gdp. Default (when no dataflow is given): all three. |
dataflow | string | Any Istat dataflow id, e.g. 167_745_DF_DCSP_NIC1B2025_1 (CPI), 151_874 (unemployment rate), 163_156_DF_DCCN_SQCQ_1 (GDP). |
key | string | Dot-separated dimension codes in the dataflow's order, + for several, empty position for all, e.g. M.IT.UNEM_R..9.Y15-74. Default: ALL (can be large). |
lastN | integer | Latest periods per series, used when no start period is given. Default: 12. |
startPeriod | string | e.g. 2020, 2020-01, 2020-Q1. Returns every period from there. |
endPeriod | string | e.g. 2026-09. |
maxItems | integer | Maximum items to return (1-500). Default: 100. |
Example
curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/istat-italy-statistics/run \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"presets": ["cpi", "unemployment"], "maxItems": 20}'
Response
{"count": 20, "truncated": false, "seconds": 1.4, "items": [ { ... } ]}
Each call returns up to 500 items. Records that fail validation or are not found are flagged in the items and not charged.
Pricing
Pay only for results returned: $0.16 per 1,000 values. No charge for errors or empty searches.
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