FCC (Federal Communications Commission)

Federal Communications Commission Datasets API

Dataset catalog and resources

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GET /api/views.json List datasets in the FCC open data catalog #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: FCC Open Data Datasets API
  description: The FCC Open Data Portal exposes datasets via the Socrata Open Data API (SODA), including the Pirate Radio Broadcasting Database, Fixed Broadband Deployment data, and consumer complaint summaries.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: FCC Open Data
    url: https://opendata.fcc.gov/
servers:
- url: https://opendata.fcc.gov
  description: FCC Open Data portal
tags:
- name: Datasets
  description: Dataset catalog and resources
paths:
  /api/views.json:
    get:
      operationId: listViews
      summary: List datasets in the FCC open data catalog
      description: Returns a list of datasets and views available on the FCC Open Data portal.
      tags:
      - Datasets
      parameters:
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 200
      - name: page
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 1
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of datasets
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/View'
components:
  schemas:
    View:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        category:
          type: string
        createdAt:
          type: integer
        rowsUpdatedAt:
          type: integer