British Columbia Data Catalogue

British Columbia Data Catalogue Datasets API

The Datasets API from British Columbia Data Catalogue — 4 operation(s) for datasets.

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Operations 4

GET /action/package_search Search datasets #
GET /action/package_list List dataset names #
GET /action/package_show Show dataset #
GET /action/current_package_list_with_resources List datasets with resources #

Specifications

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OpenAPI Specification

british-columbia-data-catalogue-datasets-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: BC Data Catalogue CKAN Datasets API
  description: The British Columbia Data Catalogue exposes a CKAN 2.9 API at /api/3/action/ for searching and retrieving open dataset metadata, organizations, groups, tags, and resources without authentication.
  version: '3'
  contact:
    name: BC Data Catalogue
    url: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/
servers:
- url: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3
  description: Production CKAN API
tags:
- name: Datasets
paths:
  /action/package_search:
    get:
      summary: Search datasets
      operationId: packageSearch
      tags:
      - Datasets
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Solr query string
      - name: fq
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Filter query
      - name: sort
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: rows
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 10
      - name: start
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      - name: facet
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - 'true'
          - 'false'
      - name: facet.field
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: include_private
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Search results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CkanResponse'
  /action/package_list:
    get:
      summary: List dataset names
      operationId: packageList
      tags:
      - Datasets
      parameters:
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: offset
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Dataset name list
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CkanResponse'
  /action/package_show:
    get:
      summary: Show dataset
      operationId: packageShow
      tags:
      - Datasets
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: include_tracking
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: use_default_schema
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Dataset
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CkanResponse'
  /action/current_package_list_with_resources:
    get:
      summary: List datasets with resources
      operationId: currentPackageListWithResources
      tags:
      - Datasets
      parameters:
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: offset
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Datasets and resources
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CkanResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    CkanResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        help:
          type: string
        success:
          type: boolean
        result: {}
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            message:
              type: string
            __type:
              type: string