Data manual

A guide to working with data in government and the public sector

APIs and technical guidance

How to build APIs in government and improve API standards.

API technical and data standards

An application programming interface (API) is a piece of software that lets one program access or control another program. APIs allow applications to share data without requiring developers to share software code. This guidance explains how to design, build and operate APIs in a consistent way.

api.gov.uk

Search a catalogue of APIs published by public sector organisations.

The catalogue helps users across government find and access inter- departmental data exchanges and share best practice in API development.

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