---
title: "Catalog of supported OWID chart slugs"
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/owid/catalog"
tags: ["Economics"]
---

# Catalog of supported OWID chart slugs

`GET /api/v1/owid/catalog`

List the OWID Grapher slugs Sugra currently serves, grouped by theme. Useful to discover which slugs are valid inputs for the theme endpoints. The catalog also surfaces Sugra-maintained aliases that redirect retired OWID slug names to their current canonical spelling.

## Query parameters

- `q` string, nullable — Case-insensitive substring filter applied to slug or theme.
- `category` string, nullable — Theme filter - one of: health, climate-energy, poverty-inequality, democracy-rights, growth-population, food-security, technology.

## Response `200`

List of catalog entries (slug + theme + canonical flag + alias hint) plus a CC BY 4.0 attribution block.

- EnvelopeOwidCatalogPayload
  - `data` OwidCatalogPayload, required — Paged catalog of supported slugs.
    - `items` OwidCatalogEntry[], required — Catalog entries matching the query filter.
      - `slug` string, required — OWID Grapher slug.
      - `theme` string, nullable — Sugra theme this slug belongs to. None for orphan aliases.
      - `canonical` boolean, required — True when this slug is the current canonical name, False when it is a Sugra-maintained alias of a canonical slug.
      - `alias_for` string, nullable — If not canonical, the canonical slug this entry aliases to.
      - `grapher_url` string, required — Direct link to the chart on ourworldindata.org.
    - `count` integer, required — Number of entries returned.
    - `query` string, nullable — Case-insensitive substring filter used.
    - `theme` string, nullable — Theme filter used.
    - `themes` string[], required — All theme keys known to Sugra.
    - `attribution` OwidAttribution, required — CC BY 4.0 dual-attribution block returned in every OWID envelope.
      - `licence` string — Licence of the OWID-curated data.
      - `attribution` string, required — Ready-to-render attribution string naming Our World in Data and the original upstream source.
      - `source_name` string, nullable — Short name of the primary upstream source (e.g. 'UN WPP (2024)', 'World Bank', 'V-Dem (2025)').
      - `citation_short` string, nullable — OWID-provided short citation.
      - `citation_long` string, nullable — OWID-provided long citation suitable for academic use.
  - `meta` SugraMeta, required — Metadata attached to every /api/v1/* response envelope.
    - `endpoint` string, required — Requested endpoint path.
    - `data_time` string, required — ISO 8601 UTC timestamp of the source data, not of the request.
    - `response_time` string, required — ISO 8601 UTC timestamp when this response was produced.
    - `provider` string, required — API name and version.
    - `source` string, nullable — Identifier of the primary upstream source used for this response.
    - `attribution` string, nullable — Human-readable attribution mandated by an upstream source (e.g. a securities regulator or self-regulatory organization). Present only on responses whose source requires the owner and source to be clearly identified. Do not remove or alter it when using the response.
    - `fallback_used` boolean, nullable — True when the primary source failed and a fallback produced the data.
    - `fallback_chain` string[], nullable — Ordered list of sources attempted, in the order they were tried.
    - `cached` boolean, nullable — True when this response was served from the internal cache.
    - `stale` boolean, nullable — True when the cached response was returned after the upstream rate-limited or errored. Clients can use this to detect degraded data.

## Other responses

- `401` — Missing or invalid `x-api-key` header.
- `422` — Validation Error
- `429` — Daily rate limit exceeded. Check `X-RateLimit-Reset` for the next window.
- `503` — Upstream source is temporarily unavailable. Retry after a short delay.

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