How to get Pakistan CPI Rural - Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Fuels data via API
Rural CPI, Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Fuels group (Base 2015-16) It's updated monthly from PBS, covering 31 Jul 2016 to today.
Endpoint: /v1/series/inflation.cpi.rural.housing · series id inflation.cpi.rural.housing
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/series/inflation.cpi.rural.housing?from=2015-01-01&sort=asc"No key yet? Get a free one — 500 free API calls a month, no card. Then see the full API reference.
Questions
How do I fetch Pakistan CPI Rural - Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Fuels data from an API?
Send a GET request to /v1/series/inflation.cpi.rural.housing on the PakDataHub REST API with your X-API-Key header. It returns monthly observations as JSON (or CSV with format=csv). Get a free key at pakdatahub.com/signup.
Is Pakistan CPI Rural - Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Fuels 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 CPI Rural - Housing, Water, Electricity, Gas & Fuels data go?
PakDataHub carries this series from 2016-07-31 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.