Inflation Rate API - Ruby Gem

Inflation Rate is a tool for retrieving annual inflation rate and CPI data for countries worldwide. It returns the inflation rate, CPI index value, and country details for any year going back to 1960.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'apiverve_inflation'

And then execute:

$ bundle install

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install apiverve_inflation

Getting Started

Get your API key at APIVerve

Basic Usage

require 'apiverve_inflation'

# Initialize the client
client = APIVerve::Inflation::Client.new(api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY")

# Make a request
response = client.execute({
  country: "US",
  year: 2023
})

# Print the response
puts response

Error Handling

begin
  response = client.execute({ country: "US", year: 2023 })
  puts response["data"]
rescue APIVerve::Inflation::ValidationError => e
  puts "Validation error: #{e.errors.join(', ')}"
rescue APIVerve::Inflation::APIError => e
  puts "API error: #{e.message}"
  puts "Status code: #{e.status_code}"
end

Debug Mode

# Enable debug logging
client = APIVerve::Inflation::Client.new(
  api_key: "YOUR_API_KEY",
  debug: true
)

Example Response

{
  "status": "ok",
  "error": null,
  "data": {
    "country": "US",
    "countryName": "United States",
    "year": 2023,
    "inflationRate": 4.12,
    "cpiIndex": 139.81,
    "cpiBaseYear": 2010,
    "lastUpdated": "2026-02-05T04:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

Documentation

For more information, visit the API Documentation.

Support

License

This gem is available under the MIT License.