Statistics Netherlands StatLine open data (OData)

Statistics Netherlands StatLine open data (OData)

Statistics Netherlands (CBS) publishes its StatLine tables as open data through keyless OData web services. The open-data page says: "All datasets in StatLine are available as open data. By using a web service (API) the most recent versions of datasets available in StatLine can be retrieved."

Coverage

StatLine datasets across CBS themes (economy, prices, population, labour, energy, traffic and transport, security and justice and more), retrieved as OData JSON. CBS offers three service types: a Catalog service that "provides overviews of datasets", a standard API "intended for direct use" where "Retrieval of data is restricted to a maximum of 10,000 cells at one time", and a Feed "intended for indirect use, e.g. for downloading large quantities of data for further processing" where "A single call can return an unlimited number of cells."

Verdict

OData JSON access to Statistics Netherlands' StatLine tables, no key. The CBS copyright page says: "Unless otherwise stated, the content of this website is subject to Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0). This means that the re-use of the content of this site is permitted, provided Statistics Netherlands is cited as the source. Re-use is not permitted wherever that particular part (e.g. a document) contains a remark that it is covered by copyright protection." So citing Statistics Netherlands as the source is required, and the "unless otherwise stated" carve-out means a given item can say otherwise. Distinct from cbs-seaborne-goods-dutch-seaports, which is one CBS table; this entry is the StatLine open-data service as a whole. Rate limits: the standard API caps one retrieval at 10,000 cells; a request rate is Not stated. Signal Lab links only.