FRED API

Name: FRED API API
Brand: FRED API
Availability: InStock

✓ Official Vendor SpecFinanceBankingnone31 EndpointsREST

For Agents

Programmatically get a category, get child categories for a parent category. Covers 31 operations.

Use for: I need to a category, I want to child categories for a parent category, Search for related categories for a category, Find all the series in a category

Connect the FRED API to your agent

Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the FRED API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.

Install Jentic One Beta (Self-Hosted)

Jentic One Host machine

# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh

Agent machine

# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh
jentic register       # connects your agent to your Jentic One instance

Jentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with FRED API API.

Get a category

Manage finance data programmatically

Integrate FRED API into automated workflows

Query and filter FRED API records by parameters

Monitor FRED API operational status and events

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Use Cases

Patterns agents use FRED API API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Finance and Accounting Operations

Use the FRED API to perform finance operations programmatically. The API provides 31 endpoints covering core functionality including get a category, get child categories for a parent category, get related categories for a category.

Call GET /fred/category to get a category

Automated Categories Management

Automate categories operations by combining multiple FRED API endpoints. Agents can get child categories for a parent category and then get related categories for a category in a single workflow.

Call GET /fred/category/children to get child categories for a parent category, then verify the result

AI Agent Integration via Jentic

AI agents discover and call FRED API endpoints through Jentic without managing credentials directly. An agent searches for the required operation by intent, receives the matching endpoint schema, and executes the call with Jentic-managed authentication. This eliminates the need to read API documentation or handle none tokens manually.

Search Jentic for 'get a category', load the operation schema, and execute with Jentic-managed credentials

Key Endpoints

31 endpoints — federal reserve economic data api.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

GET

/fred/category

Get a category

GET

/fred/category/children

Get child categories for a parent category

GET

/fred/category/related

Get related categories for a category

GET

/fred/category/series

Get the series in a category

GET

/fred/category/tags

Get the tags for a category

GET

/fred/category/related_tags

Get related tags for a category

GET

/fred/releases

Get all releases of economic data

GET

/fred/releases/dates

Get release dates for all releases

GET

/fred/category

Get a category

GET

/fred/category/children

Get child categories for a parent category

GET

/fred/category/related

Get related categories for a category

GET

/fred/category/series

Get the series in a category

GET

/fred/category/tags

Get the tags for a category

Why though Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

FRED API none credentials are stored encrypted in the Jentic vault (MAXsystem). Agents receive scoped access tokens — raw secrets never enter the agent context.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search by intent (e.g., 'get a category') and Jentic returns the matching FRED API operation with its input schema, so the agent can call the right endpoint without browsing docs.

Time to first call

Direct FRED API integration: 1-3 days for auth handling, response parsing, and error cases. Through Jentic: under 1 hour — search, load schema, execute.

Related APIs

Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.

Alternative

Plaid

Alternative finance API

Choose Plaid when you need a different approach to finance operations

Alternative

Xero

Alternative finance API

Choose Xero when you need a different approach to finance operations

FAQs

Specific to using FRED API API through Jentic.

What authentication does the FRED API use?

The FRED API uses no authentication. Through Jentic, these credentials are stored encrypted in the MAXsystem vault and injected at execution time, so raw secrets never enter the agent context.

Can I get a category with the FRED API?

Yes. Use the GET /fred/category endpoint. The API returns structured JSON responses that agents can parse and act on directly.

What are the rate limits for the FRED API?

Rate limits are not specified in the OpenAPI spec. Check the vendor documentation for current limits. Through Jentic, rate limiting is handled automatically with retry logic built into the execution layer.

How do I get a category through Jentic?

Install the Jentic SDK with pip install jentic, authenticate at https://app.jentic.com/sign-up, then search for 'get a category'. Jentic returns the matching FRED API operation with its input schema. Load the schema and execute the call — credentials are injected automatically.

How many endpoints does the FRED API have?

The FRED API exposes 31 endpoints covering categories, releases, series operations.