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Open Government, Portugal

Portugal's national open-data catalog as paginated JSON

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The API behind Portugal's official open-data portal, listing datasets with metadata such as access type, description, timestamps, badges, and contact points. Responses are paginated JSON so you can crawl the whole catalog. Built on the udata platform and keyless for reads.

—HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
Docs ↗
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ON PROBE SCHEDULE

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Open provider docs ↗

Uptime historystarts after first probe

On our probe schedule. Uptime charts appear after the first check lands.

Example responsefrom provider docs — not verified by us
GET https://dados.gov.pt/api/1/datasets/?page_size=1

{
  "data": [
    {
      "access_type": "open",
      "acronym": null,
      "archived": null,
      "created_at": "2026-07-01T00:30:12.213000+00:00",
      "description": "Este conjunto de dados integra os Conjuntos de Dados de Elevado Valor/HVD identificados de acordo com o Regulamento de Execução n.º 2023/138 …"
    }
  ]
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://dados.gov.pt/api/1/datasets/?page_size=1"
const res = await fetch("https://dados.gov.pt/api/1/datasets/?page_size=1");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://dados.gov.pt/api/1/datasets/?page_size=1")
print(res.json())

BROWSER CALLS BLOCKED (NO CORS/HTTPS) — USE THE CURL SNIPPET

Endpoints · 6On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /datasets/?page_size=1 awaits first probe
GET/datasets/?page_size=1PROBED

Portugal's national open-data catalog as paginated JSON

GET/datasets/?limit=5

Datasets — documented GET route.

GET/datasets/?page=1

Datasets — documented GET route.

GET/access_type/reason_categories/

List all limitation reason categories

GET/activity/

Fetch site activity, optionally filtered by user or org

GET/avatars/{identifier}/{size}/

Get a deterministic avatar given an identifier at a given size

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Not tracked yet. Shape-change history starts once this API joins our probe schedule.

Open Government, Portugal: common questions

Is Open Government, Portugal free to use?

Yes — Open Government, Portugal is a free government API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Open Government, Portugal need an API key?

No — Open Government, Portugal needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call Open Government, Portugal from the browser?

Not directly — Open Government, Portugal doesn't send browser-friendly CORS headers, so call it from a server or proxy instead. Copy the curl or Python snippet on this page to get started.

Is Open Government, Portugal up right now?

Open Government, Portugal is catalogued but not yet on our probe schedule, so we don't publish a live status for it. Check the provider's own status page or docs for its current state.