data.gov (CKAN catalog)

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).

data.gov (CKAN catalog) is one of 21 APIs that Public Sector publishes on the 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.

Documentation GitHub

Documentation

https://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/api/index.html

SDKs

GitHubRepository

https://github.com/GSA/data.gov

Other Resources

https://www.data.gov

https://catalog.data.gov

https://catalog.data.gov/api/3/action/

API entry from apis.yml

name: data.gov (CKAN catalog)
description: 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).
humanURL: https://www.data.gov
baseURL: https://catalog.data.gov/api/3/
tags:
- Federal
- Catalog
- Open Data
- CKAN
- Metadata
properties:
- type: Portal
  url: https://www.data.gov
- type: Catalog
  url: https://catalog.data.gov
- type: APIEndpoint
  url: https://catalog.data.gov/api/3/action/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/api/index.html
- type: GitHubRepository
  url: https://github.com/GSA/data.gov