Get Metadata for Data File

Request

Use this endpoint to retrieve metadata for a given data file and release.

Path

filenamestringrequired

Name of File.

Example:ews.txt

releasestringrequired

Specific Release. This can be specified in several ways.

YYYY.MM OR YYYY-MM - (year, month)
YYYY.QQ - (year, quarter)
[metaReleaseName] - Release Name, for example: latest

Example:LATEST

Query

idstring, (password)required

The License Key issued by Melissa.

Example:id={REPLACE-WITH-YOUR-LICENSE-KEY}

Acceptstringrequired

Format of the response.

Enum:"application/json""*/*"

Example:application/json

Content-Typestringrequired

Format of the request.

Enum:"application/json""application/xml"

curl -i -X GET \
  'https://releases.melissadata.net/Metadata/Data/LATEST/ews.txt?id=%7BREPLACE-WITH-YOUR-LICENSE-KEY%7D' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

Responses

Successful response.

Bodyapplication/json

FileNamestring

Example:"Congress.csv"

Releasestring

Example:"2024.01"

BuildDatestring

Example:"2023-12"

FileSizestring

Example:"45995"

MD5string

Example:"c42cd3b9f31e5a54a395c9b1b6455d5a"

SHA1string

Example:"f9e23f670f82c1e440fb78d8e1f1f6b4fd603356"

SHA256string

Example:"ec0d336cbfdd4bc4ee0ae39d997b1604819f6942f216a0b3eb62f3a718bed560"

Response

{
  "FileName": "Congress.csv",
  "Release": "2024.01",
  "BuildDate": "2023-12",
  "FileSize": "45995",
  "MD5": "c42cd3b9f31e5a54a395c9b1b6455d5a",
  "SHA1": "f9e23f670f82c1e440fb78d8e1f1f6b4fd603356",
  "SHA256": "ec0d336cbfdd4bc4ee0ae39d997b1604819f6942f216a0b3eb62f3a718bed560"
}