# French Open Data Search (data.gouv.fr) (`vigilant_jasmine/french-open-data-search-datagouv`) Actor

Search 40,000+ datasets on data.gouv.fr, the official French open data portal. Returns organization, license, update frequency, resource formats, quality score and popularity metrics. Free.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/vigilant\_jasmine/french-open-data-search-datagouv.md
- **Developed by:** [DEV DEV](https://apify.com/vigilant_jasmine) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Other
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## French Open Data Search (data.gouv.fr)

Search **data.gouv.fr**, the official French government open data portal (40,000+ datasets), directly from Apify. For each matching dataset you get clean metadata: title, publishing **organization**, description, **license**, update **frequency**, last update date, tags, **resource count and file formats** (CSV, JSON, SHP, API...), quality score and popularity metrics (views, followers, reuses). Recherchez des jeux de donnees sur le **portail open data officiel francais**.

This actor is **free** — you only pay your own Apify platform usage.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `queries` | array of strings | Search terms (topic, place, organization...). |
| `maxResults` | integer | Max datasets per term (1-100, default 20). |

### Output

```json
{
  "status": "found",
  "query": "cadastre",
  "title": "Cadastre",
  "url": "https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/cadastre/",
  "organization": "Etalab",
  "license": "lov2",
  "frequency": "quarterly",
  "lastUpdate": "2026-06-01T00:00:00",
  "resourcesCount": 3,
  "resourceFormats": "json, shp",
  "views": 1234,
  "reuses": 78
}
```

### Use cases

- Data teams: discover official French datasets (and their formats/APIs) for a project.
- Monitor when key public datasets are updated (schedule + filter on `lastUpdate`).
- Civic tech & journalism: inventory what data exists on a topic before an investigation.
- Feed an internal data catalog with official metadata and licenses.

### Limitations & fair use

Uses the public data.gouv.fr API v1 (Etalab, open licence) with polite delays and pagination (20/page, max 100 per query). Full-text relevance is handled by the portal itself.

### More actors by this developer

More French open-data actors on [the developer profile](https://apify.com/vigilant_jasmine).

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search datasets for (topic, organization, place...). One dataset item per result.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of datasets returned per search term (1-100).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "cadastre"
  ],
  "maxResults": 20
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "queries": [
        "cadastre"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("vigilant_jasmine/french-open-data-search-datagouv").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "queries": ["cadastre"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("vigilant_jasmine/french-open-data-search-datagouv").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "queries": [
    "cadastre"
  ]
}' |
apify call vigilant_jasmine/french-open-data-search-datagouv --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=vigilant_jasmine/french-open-data-search-datagouv",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/RJilRFm8XoSk8obmj/builds/J4PgTeMh1mpAvOw23/openapi.json