data.boston.gov

data.boston.gov · Storage · 1 record · JSON

data.boston.gov (City of Boston, Socrata/CKAN hybrid) Storage

fails: identityemailno cardR

data.boston.gov/ · municipal-ckan-portal · storage/data-boston-gov · JSON · compare

Free tier	235 datasets, 32 organisations, 0 unowned. Portal-hosted /download/ paths (tmp05gz_hzf.csv etc.). unit mixed; metered on unstated
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not stated
Retention	not stated
Egress	unmetered public GET.
Identity	email email
Binding	none the quota is real and unreachable: identity is the binding constraint, and it is not one of the six limits kinds
Interface	unknown CKAN action API returns 200 on package_search; the CKAN API surface is present alongside Socrata-style asset pages.
Tooling	curl.
Composes with	n/a.
Reliability	Cloudflare interstitial will block scripted registration entirely; not a viable deposit target.
Notes	235 datasets, 32 organisations, 0 unowned. Portal-hosted /download/ paths (tmp05gz_hzf.csv etc.).
Evidence rung	reported One page read moves it to documented.
Checked	2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-04

Evidence (3)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	data.boston.gov/api/3/action/package_search?rows=300	235 sampled, 0 unowned, 32 orgs (Planning Department, Boston 311, Licensing Board)
2026-10-21	data.boston.gov/api/3/action/organization_create	POST unauth — Authorization Error, 'Access denied'
2026-10-21	data.boston.gov/user/register	403 'Just a moment... Enable JavaScript and cookies to continue'

More fields (1)

{
 "dead_end": {
  "failure_class": "quota",
  "why": "235 datasets, 32 organisations, 0 unowned. Portal-hosted /download/ paths (tmp05gz_hzf.csv etc.).",
  "retry_when": null,
  "first_recorded": "2026-10-21"
 }
}

Unknown or withheld values (7)

$.extras.dead_end.retry_when process
$.free_tier.notes process
$.interface interface-unknown
$.per_object_cap.notes not-extracted
$.per_object_cap.stated not-extracted
$.retention.notes not-extracted
$.retention.stated not-extracted