help_show: Get API documentation

API: data.gov:data.gov
Endpoint: /api/3/action/help_show
Response format: unknown
Auth: unknown
Method: GET
Last Status: 404
Latency: 300ms

Description

Returns documentation for a specific API action including parameters and usage examples.

Parameters (1)

name (string, query, required)

Name of the API action to get help for

Constraints: {'enum': ['package_search', 'package_show', 'group_list', 'group_show', 'organization_list', 'organization_show']}

Examples (1)

Get API documentation openapi-spec
curl 'https://catalog.data.gov/api/3/action/help_show?name=package_search'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://catalog.data.gov/api/3/action/help_show",
    params={
        'name': 'package_search',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("data.gov")
result = api.fetch("api/3/action/help_show", name="package_search")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://catalog.data.gov/api/3/action/help_show?name=package_search");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 00:58:19.519260 404 300ms
2026-04-15 01:08:13.684159 200 347ms
2026-04-14 03:48:03.204573 200 586ms
2026-04-12 15:20:11.951989 200 612ms
2026-04-10 04:09:46.121497 200 550ms
2026-04-09 02:24:02.981828 200 667ms