Examples

1. Download monthly (M) exchange rates (EXR) of Swiss franc (CHF) from the European Central Bank (ECB)

   sdmx-dl fetch data ECB EXR M.CHF.EUR.SP00.A

2. Same as 1 with saving into a file

   sdmx-dl fetch data ECB EXR M.CHF.EUR.SP00.A -o filename.csv

3. Same as 1 with saving into a compressed file

   sdmx-dl fetch data ECB EXR M.CHF.EUR.SP00.A -o filename.csv.gz -z

4. Same as 1 with displaying as human-readable table (PowerShell example)

   sdmx-dl fetch data ECB EXR M.CHF.EUR.SP00.A | ConvertFrom-Csv | Select-Object -First 3 | Format-Table

   Output sample ↕

   Series           ObsAttributes ObsPeriod           ObsValue
   ------           ------------- ---------           --------
   M.CHF.EUR.SP00.A OBS_STATUS=A  1999-01-01T00:00:00 1.605495
   M.CHF.EUR.SP00.A OBS_STATUS=A  1999-02-01T00:00:00 1.59785
   M.CHF.EUR.SP00.A OBS_STATUS=A  1999-03-01T00:00:00 1.595430434782609
   

5. Same as 1 with displaying as human-readable table (xsv example)

   sdmx-dl fetch data ECB EXR M.CHF.EUR.SP00.A | xsv slice -l 3 | xsv table

   Output sample ↕

   Series            ObsAttributes  ObsPeriod            ObsValue
   M.CHF.EUR.SP00.A  OBS_STATUS=A   1999-01-01T00:00:00  1.605495
   M.CHF.EUR.SP00.A  OBS_STATUS=A   1999-02-01T00:00:00  1.59785
   M.CHF.EUR.SP00.A  OBS_STATUS=A   1999-03-01T00:00:00  1.595430434782609
   

6. Same as 1 with displaying as human-readable table (Miller example)

   sdmx-dl fetch data ECB EXR M.CHF.EUR.SP00.A | mlr --c2p head -n 3 

   Output sample ↕

   Series           ObsAttributes           ObsPeriod           ObsValue
   M.CHF.EUR.SP00.A OBS_STATUS=A,OBS_CONF=F 1999-01-01T00:00:00 1.605495
   M.CHF.EUR.SP00.A OBS_STATUS=A,OBS_CONF=F 1999-02-01T00:00:00 1.59785
   M.CHF.EUR.SP00.A OBS_STATUS=A,OBS_CONF=F 1999-03-01T00:00:00 1.5954304347826
   

7. Same as 1 with US dollar (USD) alongside Swiss franc

   sdmx-dl fetch data ECB EXR M.CHF+USD.EUR.SP00.A

8. Same as 1 for every available currencies

   sdmx-dl fetch data ECB EXR M..EUR.SP00.A

9. Download available series in a dataset

   sdmx-dl fetch keys ECB EXR .CHF.EUR.SP00.A

1. List available datasets from the European Central Bank (ECB)

   sdmx-dl list flows ECB

2. List dimensions of the exchange rates (EXR)

   sdmx-dl list dimensions ECB EXR

3. List codes of the frequency dimension (FREQ)

   sdmx-dl list codes ECB EXR FREQ