You can access the CKAN & Socrata Schema Change Monitor programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in API & Integrations in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {}
9
10# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
11run = client.actor("mikelmyers/open-data-release-contract-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)
12
13# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
14print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
15for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
16    print(item)
17
18# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

CKAN and Socrata Schema Change Monitor API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use CKAN & Socrata Schema Change Monitor API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

CKAN & Socrata Schema Change Monitor API in JavaScript

CKAN & Socrata Schema Change Monitor API through CLI

CKAN & Socrata Schema Change Monitor OpenAPI definition

CKAN & Socrata Schema Change Monitor API

CKAN Open Data Scraper

straightforward_hydra/ckan-open-data-scraper

Search datasets and pull tabular records from any public CKAN open-data portal. No key.

Dev D

Open Data CKAN Inventory

junipr/open-data-ckan-inventory

Inventory public CKAN-style open data portals by collecting packages, resources, formats, licenses, organizations, tags, modified dates, and resource availability.

junipr

Socrata Dataset Catalog Scraper - Open Data

benthepythondev/socrata-dataset-catalog-scraper

Search public Socrata datasets and export IDs, names, descriptions, domains, categories, tags, columns, views, license and links.

Ben

Public Dataset Catalog Monitor

civicdataworks/public-dataset-catalog-monitor

Search CKAN-compatible open-data catalogs such as Data.gov and return dataset metadata.

Rowan Mercer

CDC Socrata Datasets Scraper

parseforge/cdc-socrata-datasets-scraper

Scrapes CDC Socrata dataset listings by category and returns each dataset as a flat row with metadata and source URL. No API key required.

ParseForge

CKAN Open Data Exporter: Government Datasets & Files

doggo/ckan-opendata-exporter

Search and export open data from any CKAN portal: data.gov, data.gov.uk, the EU Data Portal and thousands of government catalogs. Find datasets by keyword and export metadata, file download links and data rows. No API key. CSV, JSON, Excel.

Doggo

Socrata London UK Packages Scraper

benthepythondev/socrata-london-uk-packages-scraper

Collect London Datastore CKAN records and export id, organization id, resources id, name, organization name, tags name as structured JSON, CSV or Excel data.

Ben

Third-party API Contract Drift Monitor

invaluable_rondeau/third-party-api-contract-drift-monitor

Check authorized GET endpoints against an OpenAPI contract and report machine-readable schema drift in one run.

PROOFNEXA

US Building-Permits Bulk Extractor (Socrata)

xtracto/building-permits

Extract millions of US building-permit records from city open-data portals (Socrata) — construction-activity intelligence. One permit per row. Public data, no login.

Farhan Febrian Nauval

JSON Content Checker & Validator - API Testing Tool

scrappy_garden/json-content-checker

Validate JSON content, check API responses, monitor data quality, and detect schema changes. Perfect for API testing, data validation, quality assurance, and monitoring JSON endpoints. Supports JSONPath, schema validation, and custom rules.