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How to connect the WA data catalogue API

WA Government

Western Australia’s open-data portal is backed by a CKAN catalogue at catalogue.data.wa.gov.au. The machine endpoint supports standard CKAN action calls such as package_search without a key for public read.

Some imagery and SLIP layers need separate tokens; the catalogued auth note calls that out. For another large state hub, see also Data.NSW CKAN.

Steps

  1. Find the base URL. Use https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/api/3/action/package_search — docs at https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/api/3.
  2. Auth. Catalogued as Open read — none for public read; SLIP tokens for some imagery.
  3. Try an example request. 
    curl -s 'https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/api/3/action/package_search?rows=1'
  4. Licence. Check publisher terms — not stated on this record. Read the publisher terms before production use.
Connect recipe
base
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/api/3/action/package_search
docs
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/api/3
protocol
CKAN
auth
Open read — none for public read; SLIP tokens for some imagery
licence
Licence unclear
try
curl -s 'https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/api/3/action/package_search?rows=1'
checked
2026-08-23 · 200 OK · 891 ms

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