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Museums (GEOJSON)

Updated 4 months ago

NHB (National Heritage Board)
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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation

import requests
          
datasetId = "d_800f80592dc0b8eb0c784b1122dad45e"
url = "https://api-open.data.gov.sg/v1/public/api/datasets/" + datasetId + "/poll-download"
        
response = requests.get(url)
json_data = response.json()
if json_data['code'] != 0:
    print(json_data['errMsg'])
    exit(1)

url = json_data['data']['url']
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.text)

About this dataset

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Created on

26 Dec 2018

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Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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NHB (National Heritage Board)

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