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API v2
There are two types of APIs on data.gov.sg.
- 1.Real-Time APIs:
These are specific use-case APIs that allow you to query data such as weather and traffic conditions
- 2.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
.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
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
All the following APIs use the following domain:
For example:
This API returns a list of all the collections on data.gov.sg
get
/v2/public/api/collections
Get collections
This API returns the metadata of a single collection and the datasets within it
get
/v2/public/api/collections/{collectionId}/metadata
Get metadata for a collection
This API returns a list of all the datasets available on data.gov.sg
get
/v2/public/api/datasets
Get datasets
This API returns the metadata of a single dataset
get
/v2/public/api/datasets/{datasetId}/metadata
Get metadata for a dataset
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