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EducationGeospatial

Libraries

Updated 6 months ago

NLB (National Library Board)

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
          
dataset_id = "d_cf8500a4a0ca1b7222ebe2a04b34d4b4"
url = "https://api-open.data.gov.sg/v1/public/api/datasets/" + dataset_id + "/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)

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

National Library Board. (2021). Libraries (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 22, 2024 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_cf8500a4a0ca1b7222ebe2a04b34d4b4/view

About this dataset

Contact

feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

25 Aug 2021

Licence

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

Agency

NLB (National Library Board)

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