{
 "id": "ala-api",
 "kind": "api",
 "name": "Atlas of Living Australia API",
 "homepage": "https://www.ala.org.au/",
 "publisher": {
  "id": "ala-csiro-ncris",
  "name": "ALA / CSIRO / NCRIS",
  "type": "research"
 },
 "jurisdiction": "AU",
 "protocol": "custom",
 "protocol_version": null,
 "connect": {
  "base": "https://api.ala.org.au/",
  "docs": "https://docs.ala.org.au/",
  "auth": "open-read",
  "auth_note": "none for most reads; JWT for write/sensitive",
  "licence": null,
  "commercial_use": "unclear",
  "example": "curl -s 'https://api.ala.org.au/'"
 },
 "status": {
  "state": "live",
  "checked": "2026-08-23",
  "http": 200,
  "ms": 698
 },
 "readiness": {
  "endpoint": true,
  "live": true,
  "auth": true,
  "docs": true,
  "licence": false
 },
 "agent_ready": false,
 "themes": [
  "academic-research"
 ],
 "catalogue": null,
 "notes": "National biodiversity. Occurrences, species, spatial, lists, images, namematching, etc. Most read endpoints open; write/sensitive need JWT.",
 "url": "https://ausdatacatalog.com/apis/ala-api"
}