data.world API Documentation

This is the complete API documentation for connecting to the data.world API using MindCloud's Universal API. If you are new to MindCloud, start with the Introduction to see how one API can sit in front of many different apps.

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Meet data.world: connect business data and workflows through MindCloud's Universal API. Keep reading to get started.

Quickstart

Before you run your first data.world request, you need three things:

1. A MindCloud account — sign in or create an account at MindCloud.
2. A MindCloud API Key — create one in API Keys. Keep it on your server.
3. At least one data.world connection — create or choose one in Connections. Note its connectionId.

Every data.world action uses the same URL pattern:

https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/dataworld/latest/actions/{actionSlug}

You need a MindCloud API Key and a data.world connection. Then call an action such as Describe a SQL Query:

curl --request GET \
  --url "https://connect.mindcloud.co/v1/universal/dataworld/latest/actions/describe-sql-query" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $MINDCLOUD_API_KEY" \
  --get \
  --data-urlencode "connectionId=$CONNECTION_ID"

Every response comes back in the same envelope, with your rows in a data array:

{
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    { "id": "1042", "name": "Ava" }
  ],
  "meta": {}
}

After your first request works, use Shape your requests to control arguments, pagination, filtering, fields, and errors.

Authenticate with a MindCloud API Key plus a connectionId for your data.world account. See data.world API Authentication for the full flow and how to get your connection credentials.

data.world actions

All 30 published actions for this data.world version. Each page documents the endpoint, arguments, and response controls.

• POSTAdd Files from URLs
• PUTCreate / Replace a Dataset
• POSTCreate a Data Project
• POSTCreate a Dataset
• DELETEDelete a Data Project
• DELETEDelete a Dataset
• DELETEDelete Files
• GETDescribe a SQL Query
• GETDownload a Dataset
• GETDownload a File
• GETExecute a Saved Query
• GETExecute a Saved Query (with Parameters)
• GETGet File Description and Labels
• PUTLink Dataset
• GETList Datasets for Owner
• GETList Projects for Owner
• GETList User Saved Queries
• GETRetrieve a Data Project Version
• GETRetrieve a Dataset Version
• GETRetrieve Dataset
• GETRetrieve Project
• GETSQL Query
• PUTSync Files
• GETSync Files (via GET)
• DELETEUnlink Dataset
• PUTUpdate a Data Project
• PUTUpdate a Dataset
• PUTUpdate File Description and Labels
• POSTUpload a File
• POSTUpload Files

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