Working on BLS Alteryx Connector

[wdula]

Hello,

I recently got a request at work from a group wanting forecasts of BLS data. I decided to take the opportunity to learn how to use the Download tool and some of the JSON functionality in Alteryx. Attached is a snippet of what I was able to pull together this afternoon.

The snippet will take a list of Series IDs (which can be found on the BLS website) and combines that with a list of parameters to pull data from the BLS Public Data API. For the specific version (version 2) in the snippet, you will need to get a registration key from their platform.

My eventual goal is to build a connector similar to the FRED API connector in the gallery which will hopefully allow other users working with this data to simplify their processes.

Thanks in advance!