Landgate

Landgate Discovery API

Autocomplete, resource search and the DCAT catalog

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Operations 4

GET /api/3/action/resource_search Search resources (distributions) directly #

GET /api/3/action/package_autocomplete Autocomplete dataset titles #

GET /api/3/action/format_autocomplete Autocomplete resource formats #

GET /catalog.jsonld Get the DCAT catalog as JSON-LD #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Data WA CKAN Action API (operated by Landgate) Discovery API
  version: '3'
  summary: OpenAPI description of the anonymously callable CKAN Action API behind data.wa.gov.au, the WA whole-of-government open data catalogue Landgate operates.
  description: 'Landgate leads implementation of the WA Whole of Government Open Data Policy and operates

    data.wa.gov.au.'
  contact:
    name: Landgate Customer Service
    url: https://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/help-centre/
  license:
    name: Per-dataset; see each package's license_id
    url: https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/api/3/action/license_list
servers:
- url: https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au
  description: Data WA CKAN catalogue
tags:
- name: Discovery
  description: Autocomplete, resource search and the DCAT catalog
paths:
  /api/3/action/resource_search:
    get:
      operationId: ckanResourceSearch
      tags:
      - Discovery
      summary: Search resources (distributions) directly
      x-evidence:
        url: https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/api/3/action/resource_search?query=name:cadastre
        status: 200
        probed: '2026-07-26'
      parameters:
      - name: query
        in: query
        required: true
        description: Field-scoped query, e.g. `name:cadastre`.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: offset
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Envelope whose result has count and results[]
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
  /api/3/action/package_autocomplete:
    get:
      operationId: ckanPackageAutocomplete
      tags:
      - Discovery
      summary: Autocomplete dataset titles
      x-evidence:
        url: https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/api/3/action/package_autocomplete?q=land&limit=3
        status: 200
        probed: '2026-07-26'
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Envelope whose result is an array of matches
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
  /api/3/action/format_autocomplete:
    get:
      operationId: ckanFormatAutocomplete
      tags:
      - Discovery
      summary: Autocomplete resource formats
      x-evidence:
        url: https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/api/3/action/format_autocomplete?q=csv
        status: 200
        probed: '2026-07-26'
      parameters:
      - name: q
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Envelope whose result is an array of formats
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Envelope'
  /catalog.jsonld:
    get:
      operationId: getDataWaDcatCatalog
      tags:
      - Discovery
      summary: Get the DCAT catalog as JSON-LD
      x-evidence:
        url: https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/catalog.jsonld
        status: 200
        content_type: application/ld+json
        probed: '2026-07-26'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: DCAT catalog
          content:
            application/ld+json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
components:
  schemas:
    Envelope:
      type: object
      description: Standard CKAN response envelope.
      required:
      - help
      - success
      properties:
        help:
          type: string
          format: uri
        success:
          type: boolean
        result: {}
x-generated-by: API Evangelist enrichment pipeline
x-generated: '2026-07-26'
x-method: generated
x-source: live probes of https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/api/3/action
x-authentication: none for read actions (write actions require a CKAN API key not issued publicly)