kde_cpi.data.client module

HTTP client for retrieving CPI datasets from BLS.

class kde_cpi.data.client.CpiHttpClient(base_url='https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cu/', timeout=30.0, session=NOTHING, headers=NOTHING)

Bases: object

Thin HTTP wrapper around the BLS CPI flat-file endpoints.

Parameters:

• base_url (str)

• timeout (float)

• session (Session)

• headers (dict[str, str])

base_url: str

close()

Release the underlying HTTP session.

Return type:

None

get_text(filename, *, encoding='utf-8')

Fetch a remote CPI resource and return its decoded text payload.

Return type:

str

Parameters:

• filename (str)

• encoding (str)

headers: dict[str, str]

session: Session

timeout: float