GET /action/package_search

gov.au:australian-open-government

Summary: Search datasets
Operation ID: packageSearch
Auth: unknown
Description

Search for datasets using query terms. Supports full-text search across dataset titles, descriptions, and tags.

Parameters (4)

q (string, query, required)

Search query string

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

Number of results to return

Constraints: {'maximum': 1000}

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

Sort order

Constraints: {'enum': ['score desc', 'title asc', 'title desc', 'metadata_modified desc']}

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

Offset for pagination

Examples (2)

TitleTypeURLAction
Search datasets openapi-spec https://data.gov.au/data/api/3/action/package_search?q=health
Search datasets probe-gate https://data.gov.au/data/api/3/action/package_search?q=health&rows=10&start=0&sort=score+desc

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:39:00.435179 200 1584ms 0.6MB
2026-03-22T10:22:11.236460 200 2297ms

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 10:39:00.435179 1621ca05244b e3de8eab3dd6