Israeli Government Open Data

Search for datasets in the Israeli Government Open Data catalog (data.gov.il) by keywords, topic names, or tags. Returns matching dataset names, titles, and metadata. Use this as your primary discovery tool before accessing specific datasets. Tip: combine with list_available_tags() to discover relevant topic keywords. Use natural Hebrew or English search terms; avoid artificial identifiers, random test strings, or symbol-heavy queries because CKAN may return noisy unrelated results.

Get comprehensive metadata for a specific dataset: title, description, organization, tags, number of resources, creation/modification dates, license, and full resource list with their IDs and datastore_active status. Use this before list_resources to understand a dataset's structure. The resource IDs from this tool can be used directly with search_records.

Get detailed information about a specific government organization: title, description, image URL, state, and creation date. Use list_organizations() first to get valid organization names.

Returns all dataset summaries from the local catalog index — name, title, organization, and resource count. Instant (no network call). Use the optional org filter to scope to a single publisher. For keyword search use find_datasets() instead; for full metadata use get_dataset_info().

Browse topic tags available on data.gov.il, ranked by real dataset count. Returns the most-used tags and optionally filters to tags co-occurring with a given topic. Use this as your FIRST step for topic-based discovery — the returned tag names can be passed directly to find_datasets(). Use relatedTo to drill into a domain: e.g. relatedTo='תחבורה' returns all tags frequently attached to transportation datasets.

List all government ministries, municipalities, and agencies that publish datasets on data.gov.il, with their Hebrew titles and dataset counts. Results come from the local catalog index (instant, no network call), sorted by dataset count. Use the organization name with get_organization_info() for full details, or as a filter in find_datasets() / list_all_datasets().

List all files and datastores (resources) within a specific dataset. Returns resource IDs, formats, and datastore_active status. Resources with datastore_active=true can be queried with search_records. Before sort/filters on records, probe search_records (limit=1) to discover exact field IDs. This is the essential step between finding a dataset and querying its data.

Search and filter tabular data records within a specific CKAN datastore resource. Supports full-text search, exact field filters, field selection, sorting, pagination, and distinct value enumeration. The resource_id must come from a resource with datastore_active=true (get it from list_resources). This is the main data extraction tool — use it to retrieve actual government data records.

Search topic tags by keyword — finds tags whose names contain the keyword. Uses substring matching with trigram-fuzzy fallback for typos and partial words. Each result includes related tags (co-occurring tags from the same datasets). Useful when you have a concept and need the exact tag name to use in find_datasets(). Results sorted by dataset count (most popular first). Supports both Hebrew and English search terms.