Government — entry 043 of 90

Open Government, Belgium

Verified Jul 2026

Data.gov.be is Belgium's federal open-data portal, built on a custom Drupal-based platform rather than CKAN. Rather than a search REST API, it publishes its full catalogue as a DCAT-AP metadata export (RDF/XML and N-Triples) and exposes it live through a Triple Pattern Fragments / Linked Data Fragments server at `ldf.belgif.be/datagovbe`, which answers unauthenticated with a wildcard CORS header. The main site itself also sits behind bot-detection middleware that can block naive scripted fetches, but the LDF endpoint and the documented DCAT export are both reachable directly.

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AuthenticationNone requiredCall it straight away — no key, no signup.
HTTPSSupportedTraffic is encrypted in transit.
CORSEnabledCallable directly from browser JavaScript.
PricingFreeNo paid tier — free for the documented use case.
FormatsRDF/XML, N-TriplesResponses can be requested as RDF/XML or N-Triples.

GreatAPIs Score

Score94out of 100
Authentication25/25No authentication required
Pricing20/20Free to use
Docs14/20Documentation URL provided
Formats15/15Supports 2 response formats
Freshness20/20Verified within 6 months

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