# api.data.gov Dataset API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/api-data-gov/api-data-gov-dataset-api/  
**Provider:** api.data.gov — https://apis.io/providers/api-data-gov/  
**Base URL:** https://catalog.data.gov  
**Documentation:** https://catalog.data.gov

api.data.gov Dataset API is one of 13 APIs that [api.data.gov](https://apis.io/providers/api-data-gov/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. This API exposes 12 JSON Schema definitions. Tagged areas include Datasets. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and 12 JSON Schemas.

The Dataset API from api.data.gov — 1 operation(s) for dataset.

## Operations (1)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/api/dataset/{slug_or_id}` | gets a single document based on the dataset slug name or dataset id |

## Machine-readable artifacts (14)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/api-data-gov/openapi/api-data-gov-dataset-api-openapi.yml
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/api-data-gov/json-schema/api-data-gov-search-results-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/api-data-gov/json-schema/api-data-gov-keywords-results-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/api-data-gov/json-schema/api-data-gov-stats-result-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/api-data-gov/json-schema/api-data-gov-locations-results-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/api-data-gov/json-schema/api-data-gov-organizations-results-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/api-data-gov/json-schema/api-data-gov-publishers-results-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/api-data-gov/json-schema/api-data-gov-source-info-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/api-data-gov/json-schema/api-data-gov-job-info-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/api-data-gov/json-schema/api-data-gov-record-info-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/api-data-gov/json-schema/api-data-gov-org-info-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/api-data-gov/json-schema/api-data-gov-error-info-schema.json
- **JSONSchema** — https://artifacts.apis.io/api-data-gov/json-schema/api-data-gov-validator-info-schema.json
- **APIsJSON** — https://artifacts.apis.io/api-data-gov/apis.yml

## Other api.data.gov APIs (12)

- [api.data.gov Harvest Jobs API](https://apis.io/apis/api-data-gov/api-data-gov-harvest-jobs-api/)
- [api.data.gov Harvest Records API](https://apis.io/apis/api-data-gov/api-data-gov-harvest-records-api/)
- [api.data.gov Harvest Sources API](https://apis.io/apis/api-data-gov/api-data-gov-harvest-sources-api/)
- [api.data.gov Keywords API](https://apis.io/apis/api-data-gov/api-data-gov-keywords-api/)
- [api.data.gov Location API](https://apis.io/apis/api-data-gov/api-data-gov-location-api/)
- [api.data.gov Locations API](https://apis.io/apis/api-data-gov/api-data-gov-locations-api/)
- [api.data.gov Organizations API](https://apis.io/apis/api-data-gov/api-data-gov-organizations-api/)
- [api.data.gov Publishers API](https://apis.io/apis/api-data-gov/api-data-gov-publishers-api/)
- [api.data.gov Search API](https://apis.io/apis/api-data-gov/api-data-gov-search-api/)
- [api.data.gov Stats API](https://apis.io/apis/api-data-gov/api-data-gov-stats-api/)
- [api.data.gov Validate API](https://apis.io/apis/api-data-gov/api-data-gov-validate-api/)
- [api.data.gov Open Search API](https://apis.io/apis/api-data-gov/api-data-gov-open-search-api/)

## Tags

Datasets

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