Data tools

The /Developer program provides support to federal agencies engaged in the production or use of APIs.

Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN) is a powerful open source data management system that makes data accessible by providing tools to streamline publishing, sharing, finding, and using data. The Data.gov catalog is based on CKAN, a technology that powers many government open data sites. Inventory.data.gov is a separate instance of CKAN hosted at GSA on the same infrastructure as the Data.gov catalog.

The CSV to API tool dynamically generates RESTful APIs from static CSVs. It provides JSON, XML, and HTML formats.

DKAN is community-driven, Drupal-based, free, and open source open data platform that gives organizations and individuals ultimate freedom to publish and consume structured information.

The Data Visualization Wizard provides a fast way to get data visualizations online using Drupal and uploaded spreadsheets.

The Database to API tool turns a Database into a Secure, RESTful API. It provides JSON, XML, and HTML formats.

The Digital Analytics Program (DAP) provides a web analytics tool for measuring digital services in the federal government. Executive branch federal agencies are required to implement DAP on all public-facing federal websites.

Esri2Open is an Esri toolbox and tool(s) that exports Esri Feature Classes to open data formats, CSV, JSON, and GeoJSON. Runs inside the Esri ArcGIS desktop suite.

GeoNode is a web-based application and platform for developing geospatial information systems (GIS) and for deploying spatial data infrastructures (SDI). It is designed to be extended and modified, and can be integrated into existing platforms.

Geoportal Server allows you to catalog the locations and descriptions of your organization's geospatial resources in a central repository called a geoportal, which you can publish to the Internet or your intranet.

The Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) is a law that requires financial institutions to maintain and annually disclose data about home purchases, home purchase pre-approvals, home improvement, and refinance applications. These tools from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) make analyzing mortgage application data much easier.

JSON Validator is used to check your agency’s data.json against the required federal metadata schema.

ReVal (Reusable Validation Library) is a customizable Django App for validating data via API.

The Standard Application Process (SAP) Pilot portal serves as a single access point for data users to request access to restricted use data held by Federal statistical agencies covered under the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA). This fulfills a responsibility under Action Step 16 of the Federal Data Strategy 2020 Action Plan.

Tabula is a tool for liberating data tables locked inside PDF files.

Inventory.data.gov is a tool for federal agencies to create and publish metadata catalogs. Login.gov is required to access this link.

pycsw is an OGC CSW server implementation written in Python that allows for the publishing and discovery of geospatial metadata via numerous APIs.

qu is an open source data platform created to serve the public data sets of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The goals of this platform are to import data in a Google-Dataset-inspired format, Query data using a Socrata-Open-Data-API-inspired API, and export data in JSON or CSV format.