Search and filter within dataset

Datastore search

This API allows you to search for data within a dataset or scan through the rows of the dataset in a paginated manner.

Note that the following API uses the domain: https://data.gov.sg

For example:

https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search

If you're looking to query the following dataset: https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_8b84c4ee58e3cfc0ece0d773c8ca6abc/view Please refer to the URL from the dataset page, taking the dataset_id (starting with d_...), and passing that into your datastore search API query as shown below: https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id=d_8b84c4ee58e3cfc0ece0d773c8ca6abc

Search Rows in Dataset

Search rows in a dataset

get

Query parameters

resource_idstringRequired

ID or alias of the resource to be searched against. This corresponds to the dataset_id (resource_id is a legacy reference)

limitintegerOptional

Maximum number of rows to return (optional, default: 100)

Default: 100

offsetintegerOptional

Offset this number of rows (optional)

fieldsstringOptional

Fields to return (optional, default: all fields in original order)

filtersstringOptional

Dictionary of matching conditions, e.g {"key1": "a", "key2": "b"}

qstringOptional

Full text query. If it’s a string, it’ll search on all fields on each row. If it’s a dictionary as {“key1”: “a”, “key2”: “b”}, it’ll search on each specific field. This is recommended rather than searching the full table as the latter will slow down queries significantly.

sortstringOptional

Comma-separated field names with ordering, eg.: "fieldname1, fieldname2 desc"

Header parameters

x-api-keystringOptional

API key for higher rate limits (optional)

Responses

200

Fetched data

application/json

Responseall of

and

anyOptionalExample: {"help":"https://data.gov.sg/api/3/action/help_show?name=datastore_search","success":true,"result":{"resource_id":"f9dbfc75-a2dc-42af-9f50-425e4107ae84","fields":[{"type":"numeric","id":"year"},{"type":"text","id":"level_1"},{"type":"numeric","id":"value"}],"records":[{"year":1960,"level_1":"Total Residents","value":1646400},{"year":1960,"level_1":"Total Male Residents","value":859600},{"year":1960,"level_1":"Total Female Residents","value":786800},{"year":1961,"level_1":"Total Residents","value":1646400},{"year":1961,"level_1":"Total Male Residents","value":859600}],"limit":5,"total":870,"_links":{"start":"/api/action/datastore_search?limit=5&resource_id=f9dbfc75-a2dc-42af-9f50-425e4107ae84","next":"/api/action/datastore_search?offset=5&limit=5&resource_id=f9dbfc75-a2dc-42af-9f50-425e4107ae84"}}}

default

Error information

application/json

get

HTTPcURLJavaScriptPython

GET /api/action/datastore_search HTTP/1.1
Host: data.gov.sg
Accept: */*

{
  "help": "https://data.gov.sg/api/3/action/help_show?name=datastore_search",
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "resource_id": "f9dbfc75-a2dc-42af-9f50-425e4107ae84",
    "fields": [
      {
        "type": "numeric",
        "id": "year"
      },
      {
        "type": "text",
        "id": "level_1"
      },
      {
        "type": "numeric",
        "id": "value"
      }
    ],
    "records": [
      {
        "year": 1960,
        "level_1": "Total Residents",
        "value": 1646400
      },
      {
        "year": 1960,
        "level_1": "Total Male Residents",
        "value": 859600
      },
      {
        "year": 1960,
        "level_1": "Total Female Residents",
        "value": 786800
      },
      {
        "year": 1961,
        "level_1": "Total Residents",
        "value": 1646400
      },
      {
        "year": 1961,
        "level_1": "Total Male Residents",
        "value": 859600
      }
    ],
    "limit": 5,
    "total": 870,
    "_links": {
      "start": "/api/action/datastore_search?limit=5&resource_id=f9dbfc75-a2dc-42af-9f50-425e4107ae84",
      "next": "/api/action/datastore_search?offset=5&limit=5&resource_id=f9dbfc75-a2dc-42af-9f50-425e4107ae84"
    }
  }
}