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Open Government, Taiwan

Metadata for Taiwan's national open-data catalog, keyless

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Taiwan's government open-data portal offers a keyless REST API returning JSON metadata for each published dataset, including title, provider, license and update cadence. Fetch a dataset by its numeric id to see how the catalog describes it. Useful for indexing or exploring what Taiwanese agencies have released.

—HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
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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://data.gov.tw/api/v2/rest/dataset/6041

{
  "help": "",
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "categoryDataset": "A",
    "datasetId": 6041,
    "identifier": "A45000000D-000002",
    "title": "金融機構基本資料查詢",
    "type": "rawData",
    "cost": "free",
    "license": "1"
  }
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://data.gov.tw/api/v2/rest/dataset/6041"
const res = await fetch("https://data.gov.tw/api/v2/rest/dataset/6041");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://data.gov.tw/api/v2/rest/dataset/6041")
print(res.json())

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

Endpoints · 6On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /rest/dataset/6041 awaits first probe
GET/rest/dataset/6041PROBED

Metadata for Taiwan's national open-data catalog, keyless

GET/rest/dataset

Dataset — documented GET route.

GET/rest/dataset/1

Dataset details by ID (example: 1).

GET/rest

Rest — documented GET route.

GET/rest/1

Rest details by ID (example: 1).

GET/rest?limit=10

Rest — documented GET route.

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, Taiwan: common questions

Is Open Government, Taiwan free to use?

Yes — Open Government, Taiwan is a free government API. Free tier: Free — no API key required; limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Open Government, Taiwan need an API key?

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 You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call Open Government, Taiwan from the browser?

Not directly — Open Government, Taiwan 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, Taiwan up right now?

Open Government, Taiwan 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.