API overview

There are two types of APIs on data.gov.sg.

1. Real-Time APIs:

Please find a list of our real-time APIs here

These are specific use-case APIs that allow you to query data such as weather and traffic conditions

1. Collection and Dataset APIs:

API documentation can be found below

These APIs allow you to query both collections and datasets, as well as to retrieve metadata and listings.

The API used to query a specific dataset for data can be found on the page API v1, under Dataset Search.

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Nomenclature

Collection:

A grouping of datasets, generally thematically

collection_id can be found in the URL of the dataset in this manner https://data.gov.sg/collections/{collection_id}/view

For example - https://data.gov.sg/collections/1/view has the collection_id of 1

Dataset:

A single unit of data, which can be tabular (e.g. csv, xlsx) or otherwise (e.g. geojson, kml)

dataset_id can be found in the URL of the dataset in this manner https://data.gov.sg/datasets/{dataset_id}/view

For example - https://data.gov.sg/datasets/1/view has the dataset_id of 1

For further queries feel free to reach out to us: Contact the Data.gov.sg team