UK Parliament Search Service API

by parliament.uk

Overview

Performs search on parliament.uk domain. Implements [OpenSearch specification](https://github.com/dewitt/opensearch). Throttled at 10 requests per second per IP address.

UK Parliament Search Service is an open data API from parliament.uk. It needs no API key. It is served over HTTPS. Its OpenAPI description documents 3 endpoints.

At a glance

Authentication: No auth
HTTPS: Yes
CORS: Unknown
Category: Open Data
Base URL: https://api.parliament.uk/search
Version: Live
Endpoints: 3
OpenAPI: Specification ↗
Spec updated: 2023-03-06

Make a first request

Replace the placeholders; the documentation says exactly where credentials go.

cURL

curl -X GET "https://api.parliament.uk/search/description" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://api.parliament.uk/search/description", {
  method: "GET",
  headers: {
    "Accept": "application/json",
  },
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.request(
    "GET",
    "https://api.parliament.uk/search/description",
    headers={
    "Accept": "application/json",
    },
    timeout=30,
)
print(response.json())