Economic Calendar point in time

Use point in time parameters (initDate and endDate) to obtain economic calendar filtered by date in the API. The point in time set the data period for your requests.

Calendar methods described bellow support string dates in different formats:

Date FormatExample
yyyy-MM-dd2018-01-01
yyyy-mm-dd HH:mm2016-12-03 23:59:59

Point in time

Using Requests:

import requests
api_key = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
url = f'https://api.tradingeconomics.com/calendar/country/united%20states/indicator/initial%20jobless%20claims/2016-12-01/2017-02-25?c=guest?c={api_key}'
data = requests.get(url).json()
print(data)

Or using our package:

te.getCalendarData(category='initial jobless claims', country='united states',
 initDate='2016-12-01', endDate='2017-02-25')

Using Requests:

const axios = require('axios');
(async () => {
    const api_key = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
    const response = await axios.get(`https://api.tradingeconomics.com/calendar/country/united%20states/indicator/initial%20jobless%20claims/2016-12-01/2017-02-25?c=guest?c=${api_key}`)
    console.log(response.data)
})()

Or using our package:

data = te.getCalendar(indicator = 'initial jobless claims', country = 'united states',
 start_date = '2016-12-01', end_date = '2017-02-25').then(function(data){
    console.log(data)

Using Requests:

new HttpRequestMessage(new HttpMethod("GET"), "https://api.tradingeconomics.com/calendar/country/united%20states/indicator/initial%20jobless%20claims/2016-12-01/2017-02-25?c=guest:guest");

/calendar/country/{countries}/indicator/{indicators}/{initDate}/{endDate}

CalendarIdDateCountryCategoryEventReferenceReferenceDateSourceSourceURLActualPreviousForecastTEForecastURLDateSpanImportanceLastUpdateRevisedCurrencyUnitTickerSymbol
8721312/1/2016 1:30:00 PMUnited StatesInitial Jobless ClaimsInitial Jobless ClaimsNov/2611/26/2016 12:00:00 AMU.S. Department of Laborhttps://www.dol.gov268K251K253K253.1K/united-states/jobless-claims0212/1/2016 1:30:00 PMKIJCUSAIJCUSA
8722912/8/2016 1:30:00 PMUnited StatesInitial Jobless ClaimsInitial Jobless ClaimsDec/0312/3/2016 12:00:00 AMU.S. Department of Laborhttps://www.dol.gov258K268K258K263K/united-states/jobless-claims0212/8/2016 1:31:00 PMKIJCUSAIJCUSA
8724012/15/2016 1:30:00 PMUnited StatesInitial Jobless ClaimsInitial Jobless ClaimsDec/1012/10/2016 12:00:00 AMU.S. Department of Laborhttps://www.dol.gov254K258K255K256K/united-states/jobless-claims0212/15/2016 1:30:00 PMKIJCUSAIJCUSA

/calendar/country/{countries}/indicator/{indicators}/{initDate}/{endDate}?f=json

[{"CalendarId":"87213","Date":"2016-12-01T13:30:00","Country":"United States","Category":"Initial Jobless Claims","Event":"Initial Jobless Claims","Reference":"Nov/26","ReferenceDate":"2016-11-26T00:00:00","Source":"U.S. Department of Labor","SourceURL":"http://www.dol.gov","Actual":"268K","Previous":"251K","Forecast":"253K","TEForecast":"253.1K","URL":"/united-states/jobless-claims","DateSpan":"0","Importance":2,"LastUpdate":"2016-12-01T13:30:00","Revised":"","Currency":"","Unit":"K","Ticker":"IJCUSA","Symbol":"IJCUSA"},{"CalendarId":"87229","Date":"2016-12-08T13:30:00","Country":"United States","Category":"Initial Jobless Claims","Event":"Initial Jobless Claims","Reference":"Dec/03","ReferenceDate":"2016-12-03T00:00:00","Source":"U.S. Department of Labor","SourceURL":"http://www.dol.gov","Actual":"258K","Previous":"268K","Forecast":"258K","TEForecast":"263K","URL":"/united-states/jobless-claims","DateSpan":"0","Importance":2,"LastUpdate":"2016-12-08T13:31:00","Revised":"","Currency":"","Unit":"K","Ticker":"IJCUSA","Symbol":"IJCUSA"},{"CalendarId":"87240","Date":"2016-12-15T13:30:00","Country":"United States","Category":"Initial Jobless Claims","Event":"Initial Jobless Claims","Reference":"Dec/10","ReferenceDate":"2016-12-10T00:00:00","Source":"U.S. Department of Labor","SourceURL":"http://www.dol.gov","Actual":"254K","Previous":"258K","Forecast":"255K","TEForecast":"256K","URL":"/united-states/jobless-claims","DateSpan":"0","Importance":2,"LastUpdate":"2016-12-15T13:30:00","Revised":"","Currency":"","Unit":"K","Ticker":"IJCUSA","Symbol":"IJCUSA"}]

/calendar/country/{countries}/indicator/{indicators}/{initDate}/{endDate}?f=csv

CalendarId,Date,Country,Category,Event,Reference,ReferenceDate,Source,SourceURL,Actual,Previous,Forecast,TEForecast,URL,DateSpan,Importance,LastUpdate,Revised,Currency,Unit,Ticker,Symbol
87213,12/1/2016 1:30:00 PM,United States,Initial Jobless Claims,Initial Jobless Claims,Nov/26,11/26/2016 12:00:00 AM,U.S. Department of Labor,http://www.dol.gov,268K,251K,253K,253.1K,/united-states/jobless-claims,0,2,12/1/2016 1:30:00 PM,,,K,IJCUSA,IJCUSA
87229,12/8/2016 1:30:00 PM,United States,Initial Jobless Claims,Initial Jobless Claims,Dec/03,12/3/2016 12:00:00 AM,U.S. Department of Labor,http://www.dol.gov,258K,268K,258K,263K,/united-states/jobless-claims,0,2,12/8/2016 1:31:00 PM,,,K,IJCUSA,IJCUSA
87240,12/15/2016 1:30:00 PM,United States,Initial Jobless Claims,Initial Jobless Claims,Dec/10,12/10/2016 12:00:00 AM,U.S. Department of Labor,http://www.dol.gov,254K,258K,255K,256K,/united-states/jobless-claims,0,2,12/15/2016 1:30:00 PM,,,K,IJCUSA,IJCUSA

/calendar/country/{countries}/indicator/{indicators}/{initDate}/{endDate}?f=xml

<ArrayOfCalendarItem xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/API.Models">
<CalendarItem>
<CalendarId>87213</CalendarId>
<Date>2016-12-01T13:30:00</Date>
<Country>United States</Country>
<Category>Initial Jobless Claims</Category>
<Event>Initial Jobless Claims</Event>
<Reference>Nov/26</Reference>
<ReferenceDate>2016-11-26T00:00:00</ReferenceDate>
<Source>U.S. Department of Labor</Source>
<SourceURL>http://www.dol.gov</SourceURL>
<Actual>268K</Actual>
<Previous>251K</Previous>
<Forecast>253K</Forecast>
<TEForecast>253.1K</TEForecast>
<URL>/united-states/jobless-claims</URL>
<DateSpan>0</DateSpan>
<Importance>2</Importance>
<LastUpdate>2016-12-01T13:30:00</LastUpdate>
<Revised/>
<Currency/>
<Unit>K</Unit>
<Ticker>IJCUSA</Ticker>
<Symbol>IJCUSA</Symbol>
</CalendarItem>
<CalendarItem>
<CalendarId>87229</CalendarId>
<Date>2016-12-08T13:30:00</Date>
<Country>United States</Country>
<Category>Initial Jobless Claims</Category>
<Event>Initial Jobless Claims</Event>
<Reference>Dec/03</Reference>
<ReferenceDate>2016-12-03T00:00:00</ReferenceDate>
<Source>U.S. Department of Labor</Source>
<SourceURL>http://www.dol.gov</SourceURL>
<Actual>258K</Actual>
<Previous>268K</Previous>
<Forecast>258K</Forecast>
<TEForecast>263K</TEForecast>
<URL>/united-states/jobless-claims</URL>
<DateSpan>0</DateSpan>
<Importance>2</Importance>
<LastUpdate>2016-12-08T13:31:00</LastUpdate>
<Revised/>
<Currency/>
<Unit>K</Unit>
<Ticker>IJCUSA</Ticker>
<Symbol>IJCUSA</Symbol>
</CalendarItem>
<CalendarItem>
<CalendarId>87240</CalendarId>
<Date>2016-12-15T13:30:00</Date>
<Country>United States</Country>
<Category>Initial Jobless Claims</Category>
<Event>Initial Jobless Claims</Event>
<Reference>Dec/10</Reference>
<ReferenceDate>2016-12-10T00:00:00</ReferenceDate>
<Source>U.S. Department of Labor</Source>
<SourceURL>http://www.dol.gov</SourceURL>
<Actual>254K</Actual>
<Previous>258K</Previous>
<Forecast>255K</Forecast>
<TEForecast>256K</TEForecast>
<URL>/united-states/jobless-claims</URL>
<DateSpan>0</DateSpan>
<Importance>2</Importance>
<LastUpdate>2016-12-15T13:30:00</LastUpdate>
<Revised/>
<Currency/>
<Unit>K</Unit>
<Ticker>IJCUSA</Ticker>
<Symbol>IJCUSA</Symbol>
</CalendarItem>
</ArrayOfCalendarItem>