# DataFirst Microdata Catalog API (NADA)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-cape-town/datafirst-nada/  
**Provider:** University of Cape Town — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-cape-town/  
**Base URL:** https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/api  
**Documentation:** https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog

DataFirst Microdata Catalog API (NADA) is one of 7 APIs that [University of Cape Town](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-cape-town/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Microdata, Open Data, Research Data, NADA, and Catalog. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

DataFirst is a UCT research unit and data service providing online access to survey and administrative microdata from South Africa and other African countries. Its open data portal is built on the NADA (National Data Archive) cataloging tool, which exposes a public REST/JSON API for browsing the catalog of studies. The catalog endpoint returns survey metadata (hundreds of confirmed surveys) in JSON.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Documentation** — https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog
- **Website** — https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-cape-town/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other University of Cape Town APIs (6)

- [OpenUCT Institutional Repository OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-cape-town/openuct-oai-pmh/)
- [ZivaHub Open Data (Figshare API)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-cape-town/zivahub-figshare/)
- [University of Cape Town articles API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-cape-town/university-of-cape-town-articles-api/)
- [University of Cape Town catalog API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-cape-town/university-of-cape-town-catalog-api/)
- [University of Cape Town collections API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-cape-town/university-of-cape-town-collections-api/)
- [University of Cape Town projects API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-cape-town/university-of-cape-town-projects-api/)

## Tags

Microdata, Open Data, Research Data, NADA, Catalog, Surveys

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