# data.gov (CKAN catalog)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/datagov-ckan-catalog/  
**Provider:** Public Sector — https://apis.io/providers/public-sector/  
**Base URL:** https://catalog.data.gov/api/3/  
**Documentation:** https://www.data.gov

data.gov (CKAN catalog) is one of 21 APIs that [Public Sector](https://apis.io/providers/public-sector/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Federal, Catalog, Open Data, CKAN, and Metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a GitHub repository.

The U.S. federal open data catalog at catalog.data.gov, powered by the open-source CKAN platform. The CKAN Action API at https://catalog.data.gov/api/3/action/ exposes dataset metadata (package_search, package_show, package_list), organization listings (organization_list, organization_show), groups, tags, and resource records. data.gov holds only metadata about datasets, not the underlying data — each dataset entry links out to the publishing agency's authoritative resource URLs (CSV, JSON, GeoJSON, Shapefile, SODA, REST).

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **Portal** — https://www.data.gov
- **Catalog** — https://catalog.data.gov
- **APIEndpoint** — https://catalog.data.gov/api/3/action/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/api/index.html
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/GSA/data.gov

## Other Public Sector APIs (12)

- [api.data.gov](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/apidatagov/)
- [Regulations.gov API](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/regulationsgov-api/)
- [Federal Register API](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/federal-register-api/)
- [GovInfo API](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/govinfo-api/)
- [SAM.gov APIs](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/samgov-apis/)
- [USAspending.gov API](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/usaspendinggov-api/)
- [Treasury Fiscal Data API](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/treasury-fiscal-data-api/)
- [Congress.gov API](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/congressgov-api/)
- [FEC openFEC API](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/fec-openfec-api/)
- [api.weather.gov (NOAA NWS)](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/apiweathergov-noaa-nws/)
- [api.nasa.gov](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/apinasagov/)
- [Census Data API](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/census-data-api/)

## Tags

Federal, Catalog, Open Data, CKAN, Metadata

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/public-sector/datagov-ckan-catalog/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/public-sector/.