About this API
Deutsche Bundesbank, Germany's central bank, publishes its statistics through the SDMX web service at api.statistiken.bundesbank.de. Data is retrieved with a GET call to /rest/data/{flow}/{key}, where {flow} is the dataset code (e.g. BBEX3 for exchange rates) and {key} selects a specific time series. Coverage includes ECB euro reference rates, interest and yield rates, monetary aggregates, banking statistics and the balance of payments. Responses follow the SDMX 2.1 standard: SDMX-ML (XML) by default, with ?format=json or ?format=csv returning SDMX-JSON or CSV. The service is free and needs no key or registration; reuse is permitted provided the source is stated, per the Bundesbank's terms of use.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need an API key?
No. The Bundesbank's SDMX statistics service is fully public — no key, no registration and no sign-in required.
What data does this API return?
The German central bank's official time series: ECB euro reference exchange rates, interest and yield rates, monetary aggregates, banking statistics and the balance of payments. Data is returned as SDMX — XML by default, JSON or CSV optionally.
Can this API be called directly from a browser?
Technically yes — the endpoint returns a CORS header (access-control-allow-origin: *), so a call from front-end code will succeed. We still don't put a live "Try it" button here, because the response is SDMX: XML by default, and even the JSON variant is a verbose, deeply nested SDMX-JSON format that isn't suited to a simple in-browser demo. In practice you call the API and parse SDMX server-side.
Who runs this API?
Deutsche Bundesbank — Germany's central bank and part of the Eurosystem. It operates the SDMX statistics service and its documentation at api.statistiken.bundesbank.de.