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opendata.swiss

opendata.swiss is a national government open-data portal for Switzerland running CKAN. It exposes the CKAN catalog API, a standardized machine-readable interface over approximately 14,544 datasets, supporting programmatic dataset search, metadata retrieval, and resource access. Because it runs CKAN, it shares a consistent API surface with every other CKAN portal, making it uniformly harvestable and integrable.

opendata.swiss publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Open Data, CKAN, Data Catalog, DCAT, and Government Data.

opendata.swiss’ developer surface includes documentation and 7 more developer resources.

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17.9/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
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1 APIs
Open DataCKANData CatalogDCATGovernment DataNational GovernmentSwitzerland

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 17.9/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · 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 7 / 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 1

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

opendata.swiss CKAN Action API

CKAN Action API for opendata.swiss, a consistent JSON-over-HTTP interface over a catalog of 14,544 datasets. Standard actions include package_search, package_show, package_list,...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Opendata Swiss Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Opendata Swiss Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Opendata Swiss Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Opendata Swiss Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Opendata Swiss Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

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)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: opendata-swiss
name: opendata.swiss
description: opendata.swiss is a national government open-data portal for Switzerland running CKAN. It exposes the CKAN catalog
  API, a standardized machine-readable interface over approximately 14,544 datasets, supporting programmatic dataset search,
  metadata retrieval, and resource access. Because it runs CKAN, it shares a consistent API surface with every other CKAN
  portal, making it uniformly harvestable and integrable.
kind: government
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/opendata-swiss.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/opendata-swiss/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
- Open Data
- CKAN
- Data Catalog
- DCAT
- Government Data
- National Government
- Switzerland
created: '2026-06-04'
modified: '2026-06-04'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: opendata-swiss:catalog
  name: opendata.swiss CKAN Action API
  description: CKAN Action API for opendata.swiss, a consistent JSON-over-HTTP interface over a catalog of 14,544 datasets.
    Standard actions include package_search, package_show, package_list, organization_list, group_list, tag_list, and resource_search;
    datastore_search is available where the DataStore extension is enabled. Base URL https://opendata.swiss/api/3/action/.
  humanURL: https://opendata.swiss
  baseURL: https://opendata.swiss/api/3/action
  tags:
  - CKAN
  - Action API
  - Open Data
  - Catalog
  - REST
  - JSON
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/api/
  - type: Website
    url: https://opendata.swiss
  - type: x-api-endpoint
    url: https://opendata.swiss/api/3/action/status_show
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/opendata-swiss-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/opendata-swiss-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://opendata.swiss
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/api/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/opendata-swiss-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/opendata-swiss-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/opendata-swiss-finops.yml
- type: Review
  url: review.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com