pd_catalogue: Search every dataset on the government portals

In publicdataau: Australian Government Open Data from 'publicdata.au'

Search every dataset on the government portals

Description

publicdata.au reads the catalogues of the Australian government open data portals, well over a hundred thousand datasets, of which it serves a small part. This searches all of them, so a dataset that is not served yet can be found, and says which are served. Vote for one to be built on its page.

Usage

pd_catalogue(
  q = NULL,
  jurisdiction = NULL,
  status = NULL,
  limit = 20,
  offset = 0
)

Arguments

q	Words to search titles, summaries and publishers for. The newest records when 'NULL'.
jurisdiction	A government, as a code such as '"qld"' or a name such as '"Queensland"'.
status	Any of '"served"' (on publicdata.au), '"votable"' (can be voted for), '"chosen"' (being built) and '"closed"' (cannot be built, with the reason).
limit	Records to return, 1 to 50.
offset	Records to skip, for the next page.

Value

A tibble with one row per record: its 'id', 'title', 'summary', 'publisher', 'jurisdiction', portal 'url', 'licence', 'formats', 'modified', 'status', the publicdata.au 'page' when served and the 'reason' when closed. 'attr(x, "total")' is the number of matches.

See Also

Other find: pd_available(), pd_browse(), pd_dataset(), pd_datasets(), pd_versions()

Examples

pd_catalogue("water quality", jurisdiction = "Queensland", limit = 5)

publicdataau documentation built on Oct. 14, 2026, 5:07 p.m.