island.is (Digital Iceland)

island.is (Stafrænt Ísland / Digital Iceland) is Iceland's national digital-services and government API platform, operated by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs / Digital Iceland. It provides a GraphQL gateway at api.island.is (authentication-gated) that fronts internal REST microservices, with business/government-to-government REST services described using OpenAPI 3.0 and registered in the X-Road "Straumurinn" API Catalogue. The developer handbook is published at docs.devland.is. Iceland's former CKAN open-data portal (opingogn.is) has been decommissioned and now redirects to island.is.

island.is (Digital Iceland) publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Digital Government, GraphQL, OpenAPI, X-Road, and API Platform.

island.is (Digital Iceland)’s developer surface includes documentation and 3 more developer resources.

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8.6/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

2 APIs

Digital GovernmentGraphQLOpenAPIX-RoadAPI PlatformGovernment DataNational GovernmentIcelandEurope

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 8.6/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Review

Review

Source (apis.yml)

aid: island-is
name: island.is (Digital Iceland)
description: island.is (Stafrænt Ísland / Digital Iceland) is Iceland's national digital-services and government API platform,
  operated by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs / Digital Iceland. It provides a GraphQL gateway at api.island.is
  (authentication-gated) that fronts internal REST microservices, with business/government-to-government REST services described
  using OpenAPI 3.0 and registered in the X-Road "Straumurinn" API Catalogue. The developer handbook is published at docs.devland.is.
  Iceland's former CKAN open-data portal (opingogn.is) has been decommissioned and now redirects to island.is.
kind: government
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/island-is.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/island-is/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Digital Government
- GraphQL
- OpenAPI
- X-Road
- API Platform
- Government Data
- National Government
- Iceland
- Europe
created: '2026-06-23'
modified: '2026-06-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: island-is:graphql
  name: island.is GraphQL Gateway
  description: Single GraphQL gateway at api.island.is wrapping internal REST microservices that power island.is applications.
    The gateway is authentication-gated (island.is identity server / IdS scopes) and returns 404 to anonymous probes. API
    design conventions are documented in the Digital Iceland handbook.
  humanURL: https://docs.devland.is/
  baseURL: https://api.island.is
  tags:
  - GraphQL
  - API Gateway
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.devland.is/
  - type: x-graphql-endpoint
    url: https://api.island.is
  - type: x-graphql-conventions
    url: https://docs.devland.is/technical-overview/api-design-guide/graphql-naming-conventions.md
- aid: island-is:xroad
  name: X-Road (Straumurinn) API Catalogue
  description: Iceland's X-Road data-exchange layer (Straumurinn). Government-to-government REST services that publish OpenAPI
    3.0 descriptions are auto-imported into the X-Road API Catalogue, providing a governed, discoverable surface of national
    government APIs.
  humanURL: https://docs.devland.is/products/x-road.md
  baseURL: https://docs.devland.is/products/x-road.md
  tags:
  - X-Road
  - OpenAPI
  - Interoperability
  - B2G
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.devland.is/products/x-road.md
  - type: x-openapi-guide
    url: https://docs.devland.is/development/openapi.md
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/island-is-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://island.is
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.devland.is/
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

island.is (Digital Iceland)

Kin Score

APIs 2

island.is GraphQL Gateway

X-Road (Straumurinn) API Catalogue

Security Posture 1

Island Is Domain Security

Resources

Documentation 1

Access & Security 1

Company 1

Other 1

Source (apis.yml)