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09 / IPCA API

Monthly or 12-month IPCA without obscure codes.

Use a readable ID, receive the official IBGE series, and preserve period, unit, raw value, and provenance in every response.

01 / Choose the measure

Monthly change and 12-month inflation are different series.

IPCA — monthly change

How much the index changed in each month. Stable ID: br-ipca-monthly.

View monthly IPCA ↗
IPCA — trailing 12 months

Inflation accumulated over the twelve months ending in the period. ID: br-ipca-12m.

View 12-month IPCA ↗

02 / JSON

Fetch the latest trailing 12-month inflation.

GET https://open-economics-data.knbf982hkn.chatgpt.site/api/v1/indicators/br-ipca-12m/latest
Verifiable official dataThe response includes the IBGE aggregate and variable, source link, retrieval time, license, and unchanged published value.

03 / Python

No external dependencies.

import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

with urlopen("https://open-economics-data.knbf982hkn.chatgpt.site/api/v1/indicators/br-ipca-12m/latest", timeout=30) as response:
    payload = json.load(response)

latest = payload["data"][0]
print(latest["period"], latest["value"])
print(payload["meta"]["provenance"]["source_url"])

04 / CSV

Download analysis-ready history.

The CSV keeps IDs, dates, raw values, and official URLs in every row.