Publishing Data
Automated Publishing
Automated Publishing
Data.gov.au has built-in capabilities to enable custodians processes in automating the publication of datasets through either:
- Harvesting of own government portal (see Harvested Portals)
- Utilising the API
Contact the support team at support@data.gov.au to discuss setting up a harvest schedule.
Documentation on the API can be found within the official CKAN API documentation as this is the Data Management System data.gov.au is built upon.
Before commencing your own development of an application to hook into our API, it is recommended to do the following:
- Create an API Token
- Navigate to Profile and select API Tokens
- Enter a name for the API Token
- Select Create API Token
- The system will generate you an API Token and display on the screen
- Manually publish the dataset once to retrieve the URL address
Please note: this API Token will only appear once and cannot be viewed again.
Basic examples of various applications utilising the API can be found on our GitHub page