Open Government, New South Wales

About Open Government, New South Wales

Open Government (api.nsw) is a NSW Government-run API catalogue providing access to government API services, including data on fuel prices, security guard and organisation licences, and pharmacy registrations. The platform lets developers search and browse the library of published APIs and offers guidance, through National API Standards, on common design patterns for building with them.

The site serves both API consumers and publishers: developers can discover and integrate available government data services into their applications, while government agencies can publish their own APIs using open data standards to make them accessible through the platform. Example applications built with these APIs include mobile apps for checking real-time fuel prices in NSW and Tasmania.

The catalogue includes an "Open data toolkit" and a process for proposing new data formats, and links to related government open-data sites for Victoria, South Australia, Queensland, and the federal government (data.gov.au, api.gov.au).

Key features

• Access a library of NSW government APIs across sectors like fuel, security, and health
• Live fuel price data for over 2,500 fuel stations across NSW
• Security guard and security organisation licence information
• Register of Pharmacies lookup for NSW pharmacy and financial interest holder details
• Publish APIs following Open data standards
• Guided by National API Standards for consistent API design

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