How to get Pakistan Cooking Oil (Tin) data via API

SPI weekly retail price — Cooking Oil (Tin) It's updated weekly from PBS, covering 13 Jul 2023 to today.

Endpoint: /v1/commodities?item=cooking_oil · series id commodities.cooking_oil

Fetch it — copy & paste

Replace pk_live_xxx with your key. JSON by default, CSV with format=csv, and add transform=yoy for year-over-year.

curl -H "X-API-Key: pk_live_xxx" \
  "https://api.pakdatahub.com/v1/commodities?item=cooking_oil&from=2015-01-01&sort=asc"

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Questions

How do I fetch Pakistan Cooking Oil (Tin) data from an API?

Send a GET request to /v1/commodities?item=cooking_oil on the PakDataHub REST API with your X-API-Key header. It returns weekly observations as JSON (or CSV with format=csv). Get a free key at pakdatahub.com/signup.

Is Pakistan Cooking Oil (Tin) available as JSON or CSV?

Both. The endpoint returns JSON by default; append format=csv for a downloadable CSV that loads straight into pandas or a spreadsheet.

How far back does the Cooking Oil (Tin) data go?

PakDataHub carries this series from 2023-07-13 to today, sourced from PBS and cross-validated against published figures.

Do I need an API key?

Yes — a free key. Sign up in under a minute at pakdatahub.com/signup and get 500 free API calls every month; no card required.