wsMbsServices


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GetDataSeriesXML

Extract MBS data by series, including relevant footnotes.
(1) All fields are required.
(2) Series codes (each 4 character alphanumeric), use comma separated if more than one. Example: 5001,q201
(3) Country codes, either use (M49 standard) -comma separated if more than one-, or only 0 (zero) for all available countries.
(4) Years, use 4 digits.
(5) Period values p:{M=monthly, Q=Quarterly, Y=Annual, A=All periods}

Test

The test form is only available for requests from the local machine.

SOAP 1.1

The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /unsd/mbs/api/wsMbsServices.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: unstats.un.org
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mbs/GetDataSeriesXML"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetDataSeriesXML xmlns="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mbs">
      <sid>string</sid>
      <cid>string</cid>
      <yearfrom>string</yearfrom>
      <yearto>string</yearto>
      <p>string</p>
    </GetDataSeriesXML>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <GetDataSeriesXMLResponse xmlns="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mbs">
      <GetDataSeriesXMLResult>xml</GetDataSeriesXMLResult>
    </GetDataSeriesXMLResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

SOAP 1.2

The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /unsd/mbs/api/wsMbsServices.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: unstats.un.org
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <GetDataSeriesXML xmlns="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mbs">
      <sid>string</sid>
      <cid>string</cid>
      <yearfrom>string</yearfrom>
      <yearto>string</yearto>
      <p>string</p>
    </GetDataSeriesXML>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <GetDataSeriesXMLResponse xmlns="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/mbs">
      <GetDataSeriesXMLResult>xml</GetDataSeriesXMLResult>
    </GetDataSeriesXMLResponse>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>