Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Bureau of Transportation Statistics Metadata API

Dataset and view metadata

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Operations 2

GET /api/views/{datasetId}.json Retrieve dataset metadata #

GET /api/catalog/v1 Search the BTS data catalog #

Specifications

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: BTS Open Data SODA Metadata API
  version: '2.1'
  description: 'The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) publishes its open data

    catalog through a Socrata-hosted portal at data.bts.gov. All datasets

    are accessible via the Socrata Open Data API (SODA) 2.1, with each

    dataset addressable by its four-by-four identifier (e.g., `abcd-1234`).


    Authentication is optional but recommended via the `X-App-Token`

    header to receive higher rate limits.

    '
  contact:
    name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
    url: https://data.bts.gov/
  license:
    name: U.S. Government Work
    url: https://www.usa.gov/government-works
servers:
- url: https://data.bts.gov
  description: BTS Socrata Open Data portal
security:
- {}
- appToken: []
tags:
- name: Metadata
  description: Dataset and view metadata
paths:
  /api/views/{datasetId}.json:
    get:
      tags:
      - Metadata
      summary: Retrieve dataset metadata
      operationId: getDatasetMetadata
      parameters:
      - name: datasetId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Dataset metadata
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties: true
  /api/catalog/v1:
    get:
      tags:
      - Metadata
      summary: Search the BTS data catalog
      operationId: searchCatalog
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: domains
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          default: data.bts.gov
      - name: only
        in: query
        description: Resource type filter (datasets, charts, maps).
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 10
      - name: offset
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 0
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Catalog search results
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  results:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                  resultSetSize:
                    type: integer
components:
  securitySchemes:
    appToken:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-App-Token
      description: Socrata application token from data.bts.gov developer registration.