OIoilpriceapi
Commodities

Get the data sources and methodology table

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One row per catalogue code with its source label, instrument type, update frequency, publication cadence, nominal stale threshold, source timezone, front-month roll rule and revision policy (spec T3).

Generated from the same catalogue, source-cadence registry, freshness and futures-contract code the API serves from, so it cannot drift from API behaviour. A fact the metadata does not hold reads "not recorded"; it is never estimated. Source labels name government publishers and render market_reporting for every other source. OilPriceAPI grants no rights in any data.

Takes the same listing parameters as GET /v1/commodities. Keyless and cached for an hour.

get/v1/meta/methodology

Request

  • Base URL
    https://api.oilpriceapi.com
  • Auth
    none required

Query parameters

include_unavailableboolean

Also list codes that are not backed by data.

include_discontinuedboolean

Also list discontinued codes.

Response

Methodology rows and their coverage

statusstring

Example response

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "codes": [
      {
        "code": "WTI_USD",
        "source": {
          "labels": [
            "market_reporting"
          ],
          "roles": [
            "market_data"
          ]
        },
        "instrument_type": "front_month_futures",
        "update_frequency": "realtime",
        "publication_cadence": [
          "intraday"
        ],
        "stale_threshold": {
          "expected_max_age_seconds": 86400,
          "stale_after_seconds": 172800
        },
        "timezone": "not recorded",
        "roll_rule": "not applicable",
        "revision_policy": "not recorded"
      }
    ],
    "coverage": {
      "codes": 900,
      "source_type_cadence_complete": 6
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "timestamps_timezone": "UTC",
    "not_recorded_value": "not recorded"
  }
}

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