How do I get list of all possible tickers (and also maybe their meanings) for various dataset librar-CodePudding

so the way I usually get some dataset (in this example, US Product Price Index) from econdb library is this:

import datetime
import pandas_datareader as pdr
import pylab as plt
start=datetime.datetime(2010,1,1)
end=datetime.datetime(2021,12,31)
df = pdr.DataReader('ticker=PPIUS','econdb',start,end)

Is there any way I could view all the possible tickers (ticker=) without going to econdb.com and just by viewing some list on Python? I have the same question for World Bank database.

CodePudding user response：

For Econdb, there is a separate api call to get all sources, but pandas_datareader does not support it (at least I could not find it in the source). You may look into inquisitor, which has a specific call to get the sources.

For the World Bank, pandas_datareader has methods to get the sources. Use pandas_datareader.wb.get_indicators() or search().

CodePudding user response：

Currently this option is not available (you would need to find the tickers on the web, for instance, on https://www.econdb.com/tree/sections/ or https://www.econdb.com/main-indicators or in the search form). We will add a parameter to list tickers by search string in the API, and hopefully it is ready in a couple of days.