Census adds CSV output and descriptive variable parameter to its API
The Census API now supports a case-sensitive &output.format=CSV parameter to auto-download CSVs and &descriptive=true to include variable labels; the webinar also highlighted the API button on tables and multi-geo request options.
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In a webinar Q&A session, U.S. Census Bureau staff announced recent improvements to the Census API intended to simplify programmatic access to table data.
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