# Economic Data Explorer – Indicator Metadata by Slug

> Economic Data Explorer – Indicator Metadata by Slug is a paid API for AI agents from econdash.org, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Retrieves metadata for a specific economic, demographic, or health indicator by its slug identifier, returning details like name, unit, source, category, and description.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://econdash.org/api/v1/m2m/indicators/by-slug/%7Bslug%7D
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/economic-data-explorer-indicator-metadata-by-slug-287f831d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_2J1Yd4zejFejwwM2OQYkt

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability economic-data-explorer-indicator-metadata-by-slug-287f831d
```

Example prompt: Can you look up the indicator metadata for 'inflation-consumer-prices' on the Economic Data Explorer — I need to know its full name, unit, source, and category?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured metadata about a specific economic, demographic, or health indicator by its slug — especially when building dashboards, enriching datasets, or presenting indicator context to end users. Prefer this over general web searches when you need machine-readable, structured indicator metadata sourced from World Bank and similar authoritative providers.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or unknown slug returns a 404 or error response
- Slug format mismatch (e.g. spaces instead of hyphens) causes lookup failure
- Payment of 0.02 USDC not fulfilled results in 402 Payment Required
- Indicator exists but metadata is incomplete or partially null

## How this service works

EconDash economic data API (M2M)

## Output

A JSON object containing the indicator's code (e.g. FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG), human-readable name, unit of measurement (e.g. percent), data source (e.g. World Bank), category (e.g. Prices & Inflation), update frequency (e.g. yearly), and a plain-language description of what the indicator measures.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "code": "FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG",
  "name": "Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)",
  "unit": "percent",
  "source": "World Bank",
  "category": "Prices & Inflation",
  "frequency": "yearly",
  "description": "Annual percentage change in consumer prices"
 }
}
```

## More

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