package_search: Search datasets

API: data.gov:united-state-open-government
Endpoint: /action/package_search
Response format: text/plain
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 404
Latency: 290ms

Description

Search and filter datasets across all federal agencies. Returns dataset metadata including titles, descriptions, tags, and resource links. Supports full-text search, filtering by organization, tags, and other criteria.

Parameters (5)

fq (string, query, optional)

Filter query (facet query). Example: 'organization:doi-gov' or 'tags:climate'

q (string, query, optional)

Search query string (Solr syntax supported). Examples: 'climate', 'title:weather', 'tags:economy'

rows (integer, query, optional, default: 10)

Number of results to return (max 1000)

Constraints: {'maximum': 1000}

sort (string, query, optional, default: score desc)

Sort order. Options: score desc, title_string asc, metadata_modified desc, views_recent desc

start (integer, query, optional, default: 0)

Offset for pagination

Examples (1)

Search datasets probe-gate
curl 'https://catalog.data.gov/api/3/action/package_search?rows=10&start=0&sort=score+desc'
import requests

resp = requests.get(
    "https://catalog.data.gov/api/3/action/package_search",
    params={
        'rows': '10',
        'start': '0',
        'sort': 'score desc',
    },
)
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("united-state-open-government")
result = api.fetch("action/package_search", rows=10, start=0, sort="score desc")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://catalog.data.gov/api/3/action/package_search?rows=10&start=0&sort=score+desc");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 02:26:47.966916 404 290ms
2026-04-15 01:42:00.041421 200 855ms
2026-04-14 00:55:47.522072 200 619ms
2026-04-12 14:56:15.826653 200 1003ms
2026-04-10 03:01:01.918580 200 888ms
2026-04-09 03:20:48.204056 200 961ms
2026-04-08 00:11:12.433414 200 799ms
2026-04-07 00:26:50.732649 200 1150ms
2026-04-06 06:17:06.899167 200 1007ms
2026-04-05 03:22:26.482507 200 666ms
2026-04-04 02:21:21.644214 200 939ms
2026-04-03 12:37:08.090439 200 961ms
2026-03-30 12:01:14.754324 ERR
2026-03-28T08:06:35.890876 200 1202ms