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bls-data/bls_client/client.py
Dave Boyd 0d0d6dabe2 Add transient-network retry with exponential backoff
- bls_client/retry.py: with_retries() retries timeouts/connection drops and
  429/5xx with exponential backoff; honors Retry-After; never retries 4xx or
  BLSQuotaError (those won't fix themselves)
- BLSClient(retries=2, backoff=0.5) wraps the data POST and discovery GETs;
  qcew CSV fetch wrapped too. retries=0 disables.
- tests/test_retry.py: 6 offline tests (injectable sleep, no real delays)
- README: retry behavior documented; drop the now-resolved limitation

Offline suite 125 passing; live smoke green.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-22 10:49:18 -04:00

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"""
BLSClient — thin wrapper around the BLS Public Data API v2.
Usage:
from bls_client import BLSClient
client = BLSClient("YOUR_API_KEY")
data = client.fetch(["CES0000000001"], 2020, 2025)
"""
import requests
from datetime import datetime
from .cache import FileCache
from .errors import BLSError, BLSRequestError, BLSQuotaError
from .retry import with_retries
class BLSClient:
BASE_URL = "https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2"
MAX_SERIES_PER_CALL = 50
MAX_YEARS_PER_CALL = 20
def __init__(self, api_key: str, cache=False, cache_dir=None, cache_ttl=86400,
retries=2, backoff=0.5):
"""
Args:
api_key: BLS registration key.
cache: True to enable the default on-disk cache (~/.cache/bls),
or pass a custom cache object with get(key)/set(key, value).
cache_dir: Override the default cache directory.
cache_ttl: Cache entry lifetime in seconds (default 1 day).
retries: retries after the first attempt on transient network errors
(timeouts, connection drops, 429/5xx). 0 disables retrying.
backoff: base exponential-backoff interval in seconds.
"""
self.api_key = api_key
if cache is True:
self.cache = FileCache(cache_dir, cache_ttl)
elif cache:
self.cache = cache # caller-supplied cache object
else:
self.cache = None
self.retries = retries
self.backoff = backoff
self.queries_used = 0 # network POSTs spent this session (cache hits don't count)
def _get(self, url, **kwargs):
"""GET with retry/backoff."""
return with_retries(lambda: requests.get(url, **kwargs),
retries=self.retries, backoff=self.backoff)
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# Core fetch
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
def fetch(
self,
series_ids: list[str] | str,
start_year: int,
end_year: int,
catalog: bool = True,
calculations: bool = False,
annual_average: bool = False,
) -> dict[str, list[dict]]:
"""
Fetch time-series data for one or more series IDs.
Automatically batches requests when series_ids > 50.
Returns a dict keyed by series ID, value is the list of
observations (newest first).
Args:
series_ids: Single series ID or list of series IDs.
start_year: First year to retrieve.
end_year: Last year to retrieve (max 20 years from start).
catalog: Include series title/metadata in response.
calculations: Include MoM / YoY net and pct changes.
annual_average: Include M13 annual average rows.
Returns:
{series_id: [{"year":..., "period":..., "value":..., ...}, ...]}
"""
if isinstance(series_ids, str):
series_ids = [series_ids]
results = {}
for i in range(0, len(series_ids), self.MAX_SERIES_PER_CALL):
batch = series_ids[i : i + self.MAX_SERIES_PER_CALL]
payload = {
"seriesid": batch,
"startyear": str(start_year),
"endyear": str(end_year),
"registrationkey": self.api_key,
"catalog": catalog,
"calculations": calculations,
"annualaverage": annual_average,
}
cache_key = self.cache.key(payload) if self.cache else None
batch_result = self.cache.get(cache_key) if cache_key else None
if batch_result is None:
batch_result = self._fetch_batch(payload)
if cache_key:
self.cache.set(cache_key, batch_result)
results.update(batch_result)
return results
def _fetch_batch(self, payload: dict) -> dict:
"""Execute one (uncached) API call and return {series_id: {data, catalog}}."""
url = f"{self.BASE_URL}/timeseries/data/"
r = with_retries(lambda: requests.post(url, json=payload, timeout=30),
retries=self.retries, backoff=self.backoff)
r.raise_for_status()
self.queries_used += 1
body = r.json()
status = body.get("status")
if status != "REQUEST_SUCCEEDED":
msgs = body.get("message", [])
text = " ".join(msgs) if isinstance(msgs, list) else str(msgs)
low = text.lower()
if status == "REQUEST_NOT_PROCESSED" and ("threshold" in low or "exceed" in low):
raise BLSQuotaError(
f"BLS daily query limit reached: {text}", status=status, messages=msgs
)
raise BLSRequestError(
f"BLS API request failed ({status}): {text}", status=status, messages=msgs
)
return {
s["seriesID"]: {"data": s["data"], "catalog": s.get("catalog", {})}
for s in body["Results"]["series"]
}
def fetch_latest(
self,
series_ids: list[str] | str,
years: int = 2,
**kwargs,
) -> dict[str, list[dict]]:
"""Convenience: fetch the most recent `years` years."""
end = datetime.now().year
start = end - (years - 1)
return self.fetch(series_ids, start, end, **kwargs)
def fetch_named(
self,
named: dict[str, str],
start_year: int,
end_year: int,
**kwargs,
) -> dict[str, list[dict]]:
"""
Fetch a labeled dict of series IDs.
Args:
named: {"Human label": "SERIES_ID", ...}
Returns:
{"Human label": {"data": [...], "catalog": {...}}}
"""
id_to_label = {v: k for k, v in named.items()}
raw = self.fetch(list(named.values()), start_year, end_year, **kwargs)
return {id_to_label[sid]: v for sid, v in raw.items()}
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# Discovery endpoints
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
def surveys(self) -> list[dict]:
"""Return all BLS surveys with abbreviation and name."""
r = self._get(f"{self.BASE_URL}/surveys", timeout=15)
r.raise_for_status()
return r.json()["Results"]["survey"]
def popular(self, survey: str) -> list[str]:
"""Return popular series IDs for a given survey abbreviation."""
r = self._get(
f"{self.BASE_URL}/timeseries/popular",
params={"survey": survey},
timeout=15,
)
r.raise_for_status()
body = r.json()
return [
s["seriesID"]
for s in body.get("Results", {}).get("series", [])
if s
]
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
# Helpers
# ------------------------------------------------------------------
@staticmethod
def latest_obs(series_result: dict) -> dict | None:
"""Return the most recent non-null observation from a fetch result."""
for obs in series_result.get("data", []):
if obs["value"] != "-":
return obs
return None
@staticmethod
def to_rows(results: dict[str, dict]) -> list[dict]:
"""
Flatten fetch results into a list of dicts suitable for CSV or
pandas DataFrame ingestion.
Each row: {series_id, series_title, year, period, period_name, value}
"""
rows = []
for sid, s in results.items():
title = s.get("catalog", {}).get("series_title", "")
for obs in s.get("data", []):
if obs["value"] == "-":
continue
rows.append({
"series_id": sid,
"series_title": title,
"year": obs["year"],
"period": obs["period"],
"period_name": obs.get("periodName", ""),
"value": obs["value"],
})
return rows