API for the Statbank Norway

Ingress

PxWebApi v2 is the Statbank Norway’s new API. It was launched in autumn 2025 and was developed in collaboration with Statistics Sweden (SCB). The API provides simple and flexible access to all our 7,500 tables through GET and POST requests.  

What's new in PxWebApi v2?

What’s new in PxWebApi v2?

This version is built on a new and more robust structure and introduces support for GET requests, more powerful filtering, and access to more metadata than previous versions.

See the PxWebApi v2 User Guide for a technical introduction to using the API with the Statbank.

Main differences compared to PxWebApi v1

  • Support for GET requests, allowing the entire query to be defined in the URL. This makes the API easier to integrate into many systems.
  • A new and more stable URL structure that is less vulnerable to changes in the table hierarchy.
  • More advanced filtering options, including new expressions and masking functions that provide more precise extracts (e.g., using ? and *).
  • Better access to metadata for more advanced automated extraction.

Source code and technical documentation are available on the PxWebApi GitHub page.

 

What do I need to do if I’m already using PxWebApi v1?

PxWebApi v1 will remain available during a transition period, but we recommend redefining your queries in PxWebApi v2. There, you can create queries that are more robust to changes in the tables by requesting all (*) codes within a given value set or a specified grouping. Feel free to use StatBank as a tool to help you build your queries.

 

Receive updates about the API

Would you like to receive emails about news and changes related to the API? Send an email to statistikkbanken@ssb.no.

Help and resources

Help and resources

PxWebApi v2 user guide
A technical introduction to using PxWebApi v2 with the Statbank.
API with ready-made datasets – deprecated
Information for users who previously relied on the discontinued API with pre-defined datasets.
Statbank Norway
It is an advantage to be familiar with the StatBank before using the API.