The GENESIS-Online database of the Federal Statistical Office contains a wide range of tables which you can configure according to your needs. As a matter of fact, GENESIS-Online can be used free of charge and without registering under the "Data Licence Germany - Namensnennung - Version 2.0".
All users have access to the same range of data.
GENESIS web service interface (API)
"Web service" means the automated execution of processes between applications on the internet. Web services are designed for software systems which exchange data in an automated manner and/or access functions on remote computers - rather than for human interaction.
By using the GENESIS web service, the GENESIS-Online stock of data can be integrated into automated processes.
Currently we offer two interfaces/APIs that can be used with a variety of methods:
- SOAP/XML
- RESTful/JSON
Interface descriptions are directly provided in GENESIS-Online.
GENESIS web interface
In addition to viewing tables by using the web interface, the tables containing results can be downloaded from there. In addition to using the layout-oriented formats XML and XLSX, you can also store the tables in a CSV format, namely the "Flat File CSV Format", which is suited very well for further processing. Here the data and the metadata are provided in a structured and consistent form as "tidy data".