US Census Bureau · Capability

Census Data API — Dataset Discovery

Census Data API — Dataset Discovery. 1 operation. Lead operation: Get Census Data API Discovery Catalog. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering the DCAT discovery surface.

Census Data API — Dataset Discovery is a Naftiko capability published by US Census Bureau, one of 8 capabilities the APIs.io network indexes for this provider. It bundles 1 operation across the GET method rooted at /v1/catalog.

The capability includes 1 read-only operation. Lead operation: Get Census Data API Discovery Catalog. Can be deployed as a REST endpoint, MCP tool, or Agent Skill via Naftiko.

Tagged areas include US Census Bureau and Discovery.

Run with Naftiko US Census BureauDiscovery

What You Can Do

GET
Getdiscoverycatalog — Get Census Data API Discovery Catalog
/v1/catalog

MCP Tools

census-get-discovery-catalog

Get Census Data API Discovery Catalog

read-only idempotent

Capability Spec

census-data-api-datasets.yaml Raw ↑ 
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Census Data API — Dataset Discovery
  description: 'Census Data API — Dataset Discovery. 1 operation. Lead operation: Get Census Data API Discovery
    Catalog. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering the DCAT discovery surface.'
  tags:
  - US Census Bureau
  - Discovery
  created: '2026-05-25'
  modified: '2026-05-25'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    CENSUS_API_KEY: CENSUS_API_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: census-data-api-datasets
    baseUri: https://api.census.gov/data
    description: Discovery surface for the Census Data API DCAT catalog.
    resources:
    - name: catalog
      path: /.json
      operations:
      - name: getdiscoverycatalog
        method: GET
        description: Get Census Data API Discovery Catalog
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    authentication:
      type: none
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: census-data-api-datasets-rest
    port: 8080
    description: REST adapter for Census discovery.
    resources:
    - path: /v1/catalog
      name: catalog
      description: REST surface for the discovery catalog.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getdiscoverycatalog
        description: Get Census Data API Discovery Catalog
        call: census-data-api-datasets.getdiscoverycatalog
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    namespace: census-data-api-datasets-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for Census Data API discovery.
    tools:
    - name: census-get-discovery-catalog
      description: Get Census Data API Discovery Catalog
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: census-data-api-datasets.getdiscoverycatalog
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.