Open Government, West Australia

Browse Western Australia's open data through CKAN endpoints

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Western Australia's data catalogue answers CKAN /api/3/action/ calls at catalogue.data.wa.gov.au, returning JSON lists and metadata for state datasets (heavy on geology and mapping). No key, no signup, CORS enabled. Licensing is per-dataset, so check before you reuse.

81HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
Status badge · for your READMEshipapis health badge: 81 · healthy
Uptime history
100%90 days
100%30 days
1202P50 · ms
4685P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 594 ms, slowest 2712 ms, most recent 1203 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/api/3/action/package_list?limit=3

{
  "success": true,
  "result": [
    "1-10-000-000-large-igneous-provinces-dmirs-081",
    "1-10-000-000-large-igneous-provinces-of-western-australia",
    "1-1-000-000-geological-map-sheet-index-dmirs-095"
  ]
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/api/3/action/package_list?limit=3"
const res = await fetch("https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/api/3/action/package_list?limit=3");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/api/3/action/package_list?limit=3")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 6HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /action/package_list?limit=31202 mschecked 12h ago
GET/action/package_list?limit=3PROBED

Browse Western Australia's open data through CKAN endpoints

GET/action

Action — documented GET route.

GET/action/1

Action details by ID (example: 1).

GET/action?limit=10

Action — documented GET route.

GET/action/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

GET/action/package_list?limit=5

Package List — 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

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Open Government, West Australia: common questions

Is Open Government, West Australia free to use?

Yes — Open Government, West Australia 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, West Australia need an API key?

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 You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call Open Government, West Australia from the browser?

Yes — Open Government, West Australia returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Open Government, West Australia up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Open Government, West Australia is healthy with 100% uptime over 90 days and a 1202 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.