The CKAN REST API

Resources and Locations

Resourse Name	Location
Package Register	http://ckan.net/api/rest/package
Package Entity	http://ckan.net/api/rest/package/NAME
Tags Regsiter	http://ckan.net/api/rest/tag
Tag Entity	http://ckan.net/api/rest/tag/NAME

Methods, Data Formats, Status Codes

Resource Name	HTTP Method	Data Format	Status Codes
Packages Register	GET	Package-List	200, 301, 401
Packages Register	POST	Package	200, 301, 401, 409
Package Entity	GET	Package	200, 301, 401, 404
Package Entity	PUT	Package	200, 301, 401, 404
Package Entity	DELETE	None	200, 301, 401, 404
Tags Register	GET	Tag-List	200, 301, 401
Tags Register	POST	Tag	200, 301, 401, 409
Tag Entity	GET	Tag	200, 301, 401, 404
Tag Entity	PUT	Tag	200, 301, 401, 404
Tag Entity	DELETE	None	200, 301, 401, 404

Data Formats

Name	Format
Package-List	[String, String, String]
Package	{name: String, title: String, description: String, url: String, download_url: String, tags: Tag-List}
Tag-List	[String, String, String]
Tag	{name: String}

Status Codes

Code	Name
200	OK
301	Moved Permanently
401	Not Authorised
404	Not Found
409	Conflict