search

Pack: datagov-au · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/datagov-au/mcp

CKAN package_search.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
querystringyese.g. “bushfire”, “transport”.
fqstringnoSolr filter, e.g. “organization:abs”
rowsnumberno1-1000 (default 25).
startnumberno0-based offset.
sortstringnoe.g. “metadata_modified desc”

Example call

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/datagov-au/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search","arguments":{}}}'

Response shape

FieldTypeDescription
countnumberTotal number of packages matching query
resultsarrayList of packages (datasets) matching search criteria
Full JSON Schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "count": {
      "type": "number",
      "description": "Total number of packages matching query"
    },
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "List of packages (datasets) matching search criteria",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Package UUID"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Package name/slug"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Package display title"
          },
          "notes": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Package description"
          },
          "author": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Author name"
          },
          "author_email": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Author email"
          },
          "maintainer": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Maintainer name"
          },
          "maintainer_email": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Maintainer email"
          },
          "license_id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "License identifier"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Package homepage URL"
          },
          "version": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Package version"
          },
          "organization": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "id": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Organization UUID"
              },
              "name": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Organization name/slug"
              },
              "title": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Organization display name"
              }
            }
          },
          "groups": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Theme groups (categories) for this package",
            "items": {
              "type": "object"
            }
          },
          "tags": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Tags associated with package",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "id": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Tag UUID"
                },
                "name": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Tag name"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "resources": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Downloadable resources (files) in package",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "id": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Resource UUID"
                },
                "name": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Resource name"
                },
                "description": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Resource description"
                },
                "url": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Resource download URL"
                },
                "format": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "File format (e.g. CSV, JSON)"
                },
                "size": {
                  "type": "number",
                  "description": "File size in bytes"
                },
                "last_modified": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "ISO 8601 timestamp"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "metadata_created": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "ISO 8601 creation timestamp"
          },
          "metadata_modified": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "ISO 8601 modification timestamp"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "datagov-au": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/datagov-au/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

Regenerated from source · build May 21, 2026