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Explore advanced topics, comparisons, architecture insights, and usage guides for FedFred, a modern Python client for the FRED® API.

This section contains essential resources to help you use FedFred effectively, compare it to alternatives, and understand its internal design.

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Additional API Notes#

Some important notes about FedFred’s internal behavior:

Topics include: - Parameter auto-conversion (e.g., datetime.datetime, list handling), - Nested class structure (fedfred.clients.FredAPI.AsyncAPI, fedfred.clients.FredAPI.MapsAPI, fedfred.clients.FredAPI.AsyncAPI.AsyncMapsAPI), - DataFrame backend configuration options (Pandas, Polars, Dask).

For a high-level overview of how FedFred is structured internally, see Internal Architecture.