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🇨🇭 opendata.swiss ~ Swiss federal open-data portal (CKAN)

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Central Swiss Open Government Data catalog on CKAN; the API serves dataset/organisation metadata (package_search, organization_show), not the underlying data files themselves.

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# opendata.swiss ~ Swiss federal open-data portal (CKAN) is a free portal hosting multiple APIs.
# Browse the available endpoints at:
# https://handbook.opendata.swiss/en/content/nutzen/api-nutzen.html

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opendata.swiss ~ Swiss federal open-data portal (CKAN) (Federal Statistical Office (BFS) / opendata.swiss) is a free Switzerland data portal with multiple APIs. Docs: https://handbook.opendata.swiss/en/content/nutzen/api-nutzen.html

Source: Federal Statistical Office (BFS) / opendata.swiss (https://handbook.opendata.swiss/en/content/nutzen/api-nutzen.html)
Source type: Official portal or provider docs
Endpoint type: Portal or multi-endpoint API
Integration difficulty: Choose endpoint
Last checked: 2026-07-05
Production caveat: Pick the exact endpoint first. Portal datasets can vary by format, parameters, access rules, and coverage.

Help me pick the right endpoint for my use case, verify access/format/coverage, and fetch it without assuming every dataset is copy-paste-ready.

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