ITU

ITU Methodology API

Dataset provenance and the owning ITU divisions.

Operations 1

GET /methodology/dataset List the source datasets behind DataHub #

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OpenAPI Specification

itu-methodology-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: ITU DataHub Methodology API
  version: '2'
  summary: Undocumented public JSON API behind the ITU DataHub ICT statistics portal.
  description: ITU publishes **no** OpenAPI, no reference documentation, and no terms of programmatic use for this API.
  contact:
    name: ITU ICT Data & Analytics Division
    email: indicators@itu.int
    url: https://datahub.itu.int/
  license:
    name: ITU Terms of Use
    url: https://www.itu.int/en/about/Pages/terms-of-use.aspx
  x-apievangelist-provenance:
    method: derived
    derived_from: live anonymous HTTP probes + the public DataHub client bundle
    probed: '2026-07-26'
    provider_published_spec: false
    note: Derived by API Evangelist from observed responses. ITU has not published, reviewed, or endorsed this description.
servers:
- url: https://api.datahub.itu.int/v2
  description: Production (AWS API Gateway + CloudFront). Anonymous.
tags:
- name: Methodology
  description: Dataset provenance and the owning ITU divisions.
paths:
  /methodology/dataset:
    get:
      operationId: listDatasets
      tags:
      - Methodology
      summary: List the source datasets behind DataHub
      description: Returns the ITU datasets that feed DataHub — short name, type (quantitative or qualitative), the owning ITU division and its contact email, whether the dataset is publicly visible, and whether it has frozen public data.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The dataset inventory.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Dataset'
              examples:
                wti:
                  value:
                  - datasetID: 1
                    datasetShortName: WTI
                    datasetType: Quantitative
                    teamShortName: IDA
                    teamName: ICT DATA & ANALYTICS DIVISION
                    email: indicators@itu.int
                    publiclyVisible: true
                    hasFrozenPublicData: true
components:
  schemas:
    Dataset:
      type: object
      properties:
        datasetID:
          type: integer
        datasetShortName:
          type: string
        datasetType:
          type: string
          enum:
          - Quantitative
          - Qualitative
        teamShortName:
          type: string
        teamName:
          type: string
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
        publiclyVisible:
          type: boolean
        hasFrozenPublicData:
          type: boolean
externalDocs:
  description: ITU DataHub portal (the only human surface for this API)
  url: https://datahub.itu.int/