🇰🇷 Korean Data Portal Scraper

🚀 Extract dataset metadata from South Korea's official open data portal in minutes. Search by keyword, filter by type and recommendation status. No coding, no authentication required.

Pull structured records from Korea Open Government Data Portal — clean fields ready as CSV, JSON, JSONL, Excel, or XML for downstream pipelines.

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parseforge/data-go-kr-scraper on Apify. Call: ApifyClient("TOKEN").actor("parseforge/data-go-kr-scraper").call(run_input={...}), then client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).list_items().items for results. Key inputs: startUrl (string), maxItems (integer, default 10), keyword (string, default "weather"), svcType (string), recmSe (string), conditionType (string). Full actor spec: fetch build via GET https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/parseforge~data-go-kr-scraper (Bearer TOKEN). Get token: https://console.apify.com/account/integrations

South Korea's data.go.kr is the country's official government open data portal, hosting over 50,000 public datasets from hundreds of government agencies. This scraper collects structured dataset metadata including titles, descriptions, organization names, file formats, download URLs, API access links, view counts, download statistics, and contact information. It supports keyword search, direct URL scraping, and filtering by dataset type (FILE, API, STD, LINKED).

Whether you are a researcher analyzing Korean government data availability, a business looking for market data, or a developer building applications with Korean public datasets, this actor delivers structured metadata for up to 1,000,000 datasets per run for paid users. Every record includes the dataset title, publishing organization, description, creation and update dates, file formats, download links, and usage metrics. The data exports as JSON, CSV, or Excel.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Use Cases
Data researchers	Discover Korean government datasets by topic
Business analysts	Find economic and market data from Korean agencies
Developers	Locate API-based datasets for application integration
Journalists	Access public data for investigative reporting
Urban planners	Find geographic and demographic data for Korea
Academic researchers	Build bibliographies of Korean government data sources

📋 What the Korean Data Portal Scraper does

• 🔍 Keyword search across dataset titles and descriptions in Korean and English
• 🔗 Direct URL scraping from any data.go.kr search results page
• 📂 Dataset type filtering for downloadable files, APIs, standards, and linked data
• ⭐ Recommendation filtering to show only portal-recommended datasets
• 📊 Usage metrics including view counts and download statistics
• 📥 Download URLs and API access links for direct data retrieval

The scraper queries the data.go.kr portal with your search parameters, retrieves matching dataset listings, and extracts full metadata for each entry. Results include dataset IDs, titles, descriptions, publishing organizations, dataset types, creation and update dates, file formats, download links, API documentation, categories, tags, contact information, license terms, and usage statistics. Each record is timestamped.

💡 Why it matters: Browsing data.go.kr manually is slow, especially if you need to survey datasets across multiple topics or agencies. This scraper automates discovery and delivers structured metadata ready for cataloging, analysis, or application development.

📊 Data fields

Each record includes: api_documentation_url, api_endpoint, api_key_required, category, contact_info, created_date, data_fields, dataset_id, dataset_type, dataset_url, description, download_count, download_url, file_format, file_size, last_updated, license_info, organization, response_format, sample_data, scrapedTimestamp, tags, title, view_count. All 24 field names come from a real production run, so what you see here is what lands in your dataset.

⚠️ Good to Know: Use either a Start URL or search filters, not both. If you provide a Start URL, search filters are ignored. The keyword search works with both Korean and English terms, though Korean terms typically return more results.

🚀 How to use

1. Create an Apify account - Sign up free with $5 credit
2. Open the Korean Data Portal Scraper - Navigate to the actor page on Apify
3. Enter a search keyword or URL - Type a topic like "weather" or paste a data.go.kr search URL
4. Add optional filters - Set dataset type, recommendation status, or advanced keywords
5. Click Start - The actor collects matching datasets and delivers structured metadata

⏱️ A typical run with 10 datasets completes in under 1 minute.

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💡 Pro Tip: Combine the Korean Data Portal Scraper with the US Census Bureau Scraper to compare public data availability and coverage between Korean and US government portals.

Disclaimer: This actor is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to the Korean government or data.go.kr. It accesses publicly available data from South Korea's open data portal. Use responsibly and in accordance with applicable terms of service.

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