Access resource data via a web API with powerful query support. Further information in the main CKAN Data API and DataStore documentation.

Endpoints »

The Data API can be accessed via the following actions of the CKAN action API.

Create	`https://api.foodsecurityportal.org/api/3/action/datastore_create`
Update / Insert	`https://api.foodsecurityportal.org/api/3/action/datastore_upsert`
Query	`https://api.foodsecurityportal.org/api/3/action/datastore_search`
Query (via SQL)	`https://api.foodsecurityportal.org/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql`

Querying »

Query example (first 5 results)

https://api.foodsecurityportal.org/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=e66f9a9d-f289-5b12-b82a-6081a744f9eb&limit=5

Query example (results containing 'jones')

https://api.foodsecurityportal.org/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=e66f9a9d-f289-5b12-b82a-6081a744f9eb&q=jones

Query example (via SQL statement)

https://api.foodsecurityportal.org/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql?sql=SELECT * from "e66f9a9d-f289-5b12-b82a-6081a744f9eb" WHERE title LIKE 'jones'

Example: Javascript »

A simple ajax (JSONP) request to the data API using jQuery.

        var data = {
          resource_id: 'e66f9a9d-f289-5b12-b82a-6081a744f9eb', // the resource id
          limit: 5, // get 5 results
          q: 'jones' // query for 'jones'
        };
        $.ajax({
          url: 'https://api.foodsecurityportal.org/api/3/action/datastore_search',
          data: data,
          dataType: 'jsonp',
          success: function(data) {
            alert('Total results found: ' + data.result.total)
          }
        });

Example: Python »

      import urllib
      url = 'https://api.foodsecurityportal.org/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=e66f9a9d-f289-5b12-b82a-6081a744f9eb&limit=5&q=title:jones'  
      fileobj = urllib.urlopen(url)
      print fileobj.read()