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GENESIS
GENESIS-Online is the REST/SOAP web service behind Destatis, Germany's Federal Statistical Office, giving programmatic access to the country's full official statistics tables — population, prices, the economy, and more — in JSON, XML, or CSV. Every call beyond the keyless helloworld test methods requires a registered username and password passed as request parameters, not an OAuth token flow.
AuthenticationBasic AuthSign up with the provider to obtain credentials.
HTTPSSupportedTraffic is encrypted in transit.
CORSEnabledCallable directly from browser JavaScript.
PricingFreeNo paid tier — free for the documented use case.
FormatsJSON, XML, CSVResponses can be requested as JSON or XML or CSV.
GreatAPIs Score
Score70
Authentication15/25Basic Auth credentials required
Pricing20/20Free to use
Docs0/20No docs or spec available
Formats15/15Supports 3 response formats
Freshness20/20Verified within 6 months
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<a href="https://greatapis.com/api/genesis/"><img src="https://greatapis.com/badge/genesis.svg" alt="Scored 70 on greatapis.com"></a>Auth quickstart
- Sign up with the provider to get an API key.
- Send it on every request as a header
Authorization: <key> - The exact header isn't documented — Authorization is a common default; confirm in the provider's docs.
Stored keyNo key stored
Your key is stored only in this browser (localStorage) and sent directly to the API — never to greatapis.
Developer reference
Base URL
https://genesis.destatis.de/genesisWS/rest/2020