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post/worldbank/v1/shortcuts1 credit

list the metric->indicator-code map, or metric=<key>&country=<code> to fetch directly

Parameters

A friendly metric key to fetch directly. Omit to LIST the full metric→indicator-code map instead.

One or more ISO country codes (2- or 3-letter), separated by ; , or space, or 'all' for every economy (e.g. 'US' or 'US;CN;DE'). Discover codes via action=country / reference.

Year or year range (e.g. '2020' or '2015:2022'). Omit for all years; combine with mrv/mrnev for recent-values windows instead.

Most-Recent-Values: return only the latest N data points per series. (1–500)

Most-Recent-Non-Empty-Values: latest N NON-null data points per series. (1–500)

request preview
curl -X POST https://api.reefapi.com/worldbank/v1/shortcuts \
  -H "x-api-key: $REEF_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'

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