Socrata harvester

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Retrieve datasets from a Socrata portal.

Parameters

Name

Description

Example

URL (url)

The base URL of the portal

https://data.cityofboston.gov

Metadata

The harvester fills in the following metadata for each dataset it imports from Socrata.

These mappings are fixed and can't be changed. The technical IDs are provided for those working with the APIs.

Socrata source

Socrata source in the API

Huwise metadata

Huwise field ID in the API

The dataset's name

data.name

Title

default.title

The dataset's description

data.description

Description

default.description

The dataset's license

data.license.name

License

default.license

The dataset's category

data.category

Themes

default.theme

The dataset's tags

data.tags

Keywords

default.keyword

The "Publishing Department" custom field, in the "Department Metrics" group

data.metadata.custom_fields["Department Metrics"]["Publishing Department"]

Creator

default.publisher

The dataset's publication date

data.publicationDate

Display modification date

default.modified