GET /action/package_search

data.gov:data.gov-api

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

Search for datasets in the Data.gov catalog. Supports full-text search, filtering by organization, tags, and other criteria.

Parameters (5)

fq (string, query, optional)

Filter query (e.g., organization:exim-gov, tags:health)

q (string, query, optional)

Search query string

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

Number of results to return (max 1000)

Constraints: {'minimum': 1, 'maximum': 1000}

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

Sort order

Constraints: {'enum': ['score desc', 'title_string asc', 'title_string desc', 'name asc', 'name desc', 'views_recent desc']}

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

Offset for pagination

Constraints: {'minimum': 0}

Examples (5)

TitleTypeURLAction
Basic dataset search curl https://www.data.gov/action/package_search?q=climate
Search with pagination curl https://www.data.gov/action/package_search?q=health&rows=20&start=0
Search for education datasets with limited results curl https://www.data.gov/action/package_search?q=education&rows=5
Search datasets openapi-spec https://catalog.data.gov/api/3/action/package_search?q=climate&fq=organization:exim-gov
Search datasets probe-gate https://catalog.data.gov/api/3/action/package_search?q=climate&rows=10&start=0&sort=score+desc&fq=organization%3Aexim-gov

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-03-23 10:43:40.960515 404 1474ms
2026-03-23 10:13:41.074865 200 559ms
2026-03-23 09:49:49.327851 404 1573ms
2026-03-23 09:28:16.739272 200 749ms
2026-03-23 09:23:33.564804 404 1399ms

Response Changes

WhenOldNew
2026-03-23 09:28:16.739272 1a1f2cab946c a2b99c57371a
2026-03-23 09:49:49.327851 a2b99c57371a 1a1f2cab946c
2026-03-23 10:13:41.074865 1a1f2cab946c 8424533ea766
2026-03-23 10:43:40.960515 8424533ea766 1a1f2cab946c