BC Data Catalogue CKAN API
The BC Data Catalogue exposes a CKAN v3 REST API at https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3/action/ providing programmatic access to BC government open datasets. Key endpoints include package_list (list all datasets), package_search (search datasets by query), package_show (retrieve dataset metadata and resources), organization_list (list BC government organizations), and resource_show (retrieve specific data resource information). Returns JSON with success status and result payloads. No authentication required for read access to public datasets.
BC Data Catalogue CKAN API is one of 8 APIs that British Columbia Data Catalogue publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include CKAN, Open Data, Dataset Search, Metadata, and Government Data. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an OpenAPI specification, and an API reference.
This API exposes 22 operations across 22 paths. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 3.0.1.
Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3, https://cat.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3, https://cad.data.gov.bc.ca/api/3.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
BC Data Catalogue CKAN API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It supports OAuth 2.0 (githubAccessCode) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 19 scopes.
An API key is passed in the header as ckan_api_key (internalApiKey).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
Paths & Operations 22
Across 22 paths, the API surfaces 22 operations — 22 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
CKAN's Action API is a powerful, RPC-style API that exposes all of CKAN's core features to API clients.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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