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Civic data APIs

APIs (application programming interfaces) allow different software to communicate with each other, and in particular, send, receive, and update data. Open government and civic data APIs are an evolution beyond "open data" in that they allow civic technologists to build interoperable apps, instead of just access bulk downloads of open data.

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Curb Data Specification (CDS)
openmobilityfoundation.org/about-cds

Curb Data Specification (CDS)

A digital tool that helps cities and companies pilot and scale dynamic curb zones. CDS provides a mechanism for expressing static and dynamic regulations, measuring activity at the curb, and developin...

California
Data schemas and standards, Curb management, Civic data
Mozilla Data Collective
datacollective.mozillafoundation.org

Mozilla Data Collective

Mozilla Data Collective is rebuilding the AI data ecosystem with communities at the centre. Access over 300 high-quality global datasets, built by and for the community in a transparent and ethical wa...

Mozilla, East Evelyn Avenue, Mountain View, CA
since 2025
Civic data, Open civic data, Open data publishing portals
openparliament.ca/api

OpenParliament API

Providing a JSON-based API layer over openparliament.ca’s structured parliamentary data for developers.

Ottawa
Open civic data, Civic data, Civic data APIs
Neighborhood API
relationaltechproject.org/remix#:~:text=and%20community%20engagement.-,Neighborhood,-API

Neighborhood API

A minimal, open, stewarded feed format for sharing local events, assets, dreams, plans, and notices across neighborhood websites, tools, and communities.

San Francisco
Civic data APIs, Civic data, Community-building resources
neighborhoods
Protomaps
protomaps.com

Protomaps

Protomaps is a free, customizable map of the world, deployable as a single static file on cloud storage.

Mapping, Mapping platforms, Civic data
POPVOX Message Delivery
messages.popvox.com/api/docs

POPVOX Message Delivery

How to use the POPVOX API to deliver messages to lawmakers

Redwood City, CA
Communicating with the government, Civic data APIs
Riksdagens öppna data
riksdagen.se/sv/dokument-och-lagar/riksdagens-oppna-data

Riksdagens öppna data

Riksdagens öppna data

Stockholm
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Government transparency, Open data publishing portals
UK Parliament Members API
members-api.parliament.uk/index.html

UK Parliament Members API

An API which retrieves Members data.

London
Civic data, Civic data APIs, Open government data
LegiScan
legiscan.com

LegiScan

LegiScan is a service for tracking state and Congressional legislation in the US. Some notable features include bill tracking, searching and API access to legislative data.

Civic data APIs, Legislation trackers, Parliamentary and legislative tech
Nonprofit Explorer
projects.propublica.org/nonprofits

Nonprofit Explorer

Browse millions of annual returns filed by tax-exempt organizations with ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer. See details like executive compensation, revenue, expenses and more.

United States of America 🇺🇸
Watchdogging and transparency, Civic data, Consumer watchdogging
congressMCP
congressmcp.lawgiver.ai

congressMCP

An MCP server allowing AI agents and MCP clients to interface with the Congress.gov API

Austin, TX
since 2025
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Artificial Intelligence, Agentic AI
duckduckgo.com/?q=!ducky++Humanitarian%20OpenStreetMap%20Team%20%28HOT%29

Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)

HOT is an international team dedicated to humanitarian action and community development through open mapping. They work together to create open map data which revolutionises disaster management by ena...

United States of America 🇺🇸
Civic data APIs
migration, refugees, immigration
TheyWorkForYou Votes
votes.theyworkforyou.com

TheyWorkForYou Votes

Votes in the UK’s Parliaments determine the laws that we all live by, and we want the information about who voted for what to be as accurate, easy to use and easy to understand as possible.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
since 2025
Parliamentary and legislative tech, Participatory democracy, Government transparency
OpenCouncil
opencouncil.gr

OpenCouncil

Demystify local government and enable citizen participation

Greece (Ellas, Ellada) 🇬🇷
Engagement tech, Podcasts, Civic data APIs
local, city, TikTok
Polis Pilot Netherlands
polisnl.org

Polis Pilot Netherlands

Developing an API and localized version of Pol.is for the Netherlands. De provincie Zuid-Holland, de provincie Brabant, de provincie Groningen en het Overlegorgaan Fysieke Leefomgeving (onderdeel van...

Netherlands (Nederland, Holland) 🇳🇱
Civic data APIs, Engagement tech, Digital participation platforms
Polis
law-diff
openfunltd.github.io/law-diff

law-diff

legal comparison table

Taiwan (T'ai-wan) 🇹🇼
Parliamentary and congressional monitoring, Parliamentary and legislative tech, Civic data
Querido Diário
queridodiario.ok.org.br

Querido Diário

Diários oficiais dos municípios brasileiros em formato aberto para a livre consulta da sociedade civil.

Brazil (Brasil) 🇧🇷
since 2019
Government transparency, Civic data APIs, Artificial Intelligence
Democracy Club Candidates
candidates.democracyclub.org.uk

Democracy Club Candidates

Open candidate information for UK elections covering all 2,015 areas

Stroud, UK
since 2024
Voting and elections, Crowdsourcing, Ballot information
2024 elections
The Planning London Datahub
london.gov.uk/programmes-strategies/planning/digital-planning/planning-london-datahub

The Planning London Datahub

The Planning DataHub is a collaborative project between all of the Planning Authorities in London to build a single open data set of development proposals in the planning process to enable monitoring...

London
Civic data, Open government data, Civic data APIs
city, Sustainable cities and communities
Every Election
elections.democracyclub.org.uk

Every Election

UK elections database with every district council level election and above

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Civic data, Civic data APIs, Voting and elections
MapIt
mapit.mysociety.org

MapIt

The easy way to match points to boundaries

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 🇬🇧
Mapping tools, Mapping, Civic data
Murmurations
murmurations.network

Murmurations

Making movements visible

Advocacy tech, Mapping tools, Data schemas and standards
morph.io
morph.io

morph.io

Take the hassle out of web scraping

The OpenAustralia Foundation PO Box 147 Katoomba NSW 2780
Civic data, Open civic data, Research tools
El Explorador de Gobierto Contratación
gobierto.es/contratacion-explorador

El Explorador de Gobierto Contratación

El Explorador de Gobierto Contratación reune la información de la Plataforma de Contratación del Estado y de las principales plataformas autonómicas y te permite explotar los datos.

Madrid (Spain)
Govtech, Procurement, Civic data
API Vilnius
api.vilnius.lt

API Vilnius

The portal is designed not only for IT specialists who want to create projects using open-source code but also for residents who want to make important personal life decisions based on sound statistic...

Vilnius, Lithuania
Open government data, Open data publishing portals, Government transparency
OpenGrants API
opengrants.io/opengrants-api

OpenGrants API

OpenGrants delivers a best-in-class database of grant funding and a marketplace of grant writers, consultants and technical assistance providers. Integrate the power of OpenGrants into your product us...

Get funding, Fundraising tools, Civic data
APIs
LibreBOR
librebor.me

LibreBOR

Tu fuente de información mercantil en Internet

Spain (España) 🇪🇸
Civic data, Civic data APIs, Consumer watchdogging
Platformable
platformable.com

Platformable

Platformable supports the development of open ecosystems

Barcelona
Civic and social impact companies, Civic data, Civic data APIs
Google Civic Information API
developers.google.com/civic-information

Google Civic Information API

The Civic Information API allows you to build applications that allow citizens and voters to know about their political representation and voting locations.

since 2013
Election administration, Voting and elections, Data schemas and standards
Google
Breezometer
breezometer.com

Breezometer

Check out the world leading Air Pollution API.

since 2014
Emerging tech, Smart Cities and sensors, The Tech
Democracy Works Elections API
web.archive.org/web/20220224004224/https://www.democracy.works/elections-api

Democracy Works Elections API

Our full-time research team maintains a detailed calendar of upcoming state, special, and local elections, which we release as our Elections API.

Brooklyn, NY
since 2010
Civic data, Data schemas and standards, Engagement tech
Benefit Kitchen
benefitkitchen.com

Benefit Kitchen

Every year 103 million Americans leave $80 billion in benefits unclaimed. We help inform consumers so they receive the benefits they’ve earned.

150 Court St Brooklyn, NY 11201
since 2015
Access social benefits, CRM, Civic data APIs
NYC Benefits Screening API
screeningapidocs.cityofnewyork.us

NYC Benefits Screening API

Create modern web applications that evaluate household data against eligibility rules for 31 different City, State, and Federal benefits programs (including SNAP, Cash Assistance, WIC, HEAP, and more)...

New York City (NYC / New York, NY)
since 2019
Civic data, Engagement tech, Access social benefits
Popit
sinarproject.org/open-government/open-data/popit/popit

Popit

Popit database and API service that helps you make and maintain information about politicians, politically exposed persons (PEPs) and their memberships in organizations and generates Popolo standard c...

Malaysia 🇲🇾
since 2015
Civic data, Crowdsourcing, The Tech
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