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Version 1 - Time Series Codebook

Released At: 29 Apr 2015Last Updated At: 02 Nov 2015

Get the codebook for a time series.

URL

To call this method, use an HTTP GET request to the following URL:

http://data.unicef.ge/[locale]/api/v1/time_series_codebook

where:

[locale] = the locale of the language you want the data to be returned in (currently ka for Georgian or en for English)

Required Parameters

The following parameters must be included in the request:

Parameter	Description
access_token	All requests must include an access_token. You can obtain an access token easily, and for free, by going here.
time_series_id	The ID of the time series.

Optional Parameters

There following parameters are optional for this call.

Parameter	Description
language	Code of the language to return the time series information in (e.g., en for English). If language is not provided, the default language of the time series will be used.

What You Get

The return object is a JSON array of the time series questions and answers with the following information:

Parameter	Description
code	Code of the question. Youwill use this valueto run an analysis.
original_code	The original code from the datasource. The difference between the code and original_code is that the code is lower case and has '.' replaced with '\|'.
text	The question text
notes	Any special notes about the question
answers	An array of the possible answers with the following values: value - the answer value text - the answer text can_exclude - boolean flag indicating if this answer can be excluded from analysis sort_order - order in which the answer should appear

Examples

Here is an example of what can be returned after calling this method with the following url:

http://data.unicef.ge/en/api/v1/time_series_codebook?access_token=123456789&time_series_id=1111111111

{
  questions: [
    {
      code: "gender",
      original_code: "GENDER",
      text: "What is your gender?",
      is_mappable: false,
      answers:[
        {
          value: "1",
          text: "Male",
          can_exclude: false,
          sort_order: 1
        },
        {
          value: "2",
          text: "Female",
          can_exclude: false,
          sort_order: 2
        },
        {
          value: "3",
          text: "Refuse to Answer",
          can_exclude: true,
          sort_order: 3
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      code: "live",
      original_code: "LIVE",
      text: "Where do you live?",
      is_mappable: false,
      answers:[
        {
          value: "1",
          text: "Tbilisi",
          can_exclude: false,
          sort_order: 1
        },
        {
          value: "2",
          text: "London",
          can_exclude: false,
          sort_order: 2
        },
        {
          value: "3",
          text: "New York City",
          can_exclude: false,
          sort_order: 3
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

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