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Archive.org vs Open Data Minneapolis
Archive.org
The Internet Archive's Advanced Search and Metadata APIs let you query and pull structured records for its 99+ million digitized books, web captures, audio, video, and software items. Reads are keyless for both the search endpoint (archive.org/advancedsearch.php) and per-item metadata (archive.org/metadata/{identifier}), returning JSON, XML, or CSV depending on the requested output format.
Open Data Minneapolis
Open Data Minneapolis is the city's ArcGIS Hub portal, publishing GIS layers and non-spatial datasets — from 311 service requests to crime incidents — as a standard Esri Hub site. Its DCAT-US JSON feed and Hub search API expose the full catalogue for machine consumption at no cost and without a key.
| Archive.org | Open Data Minneapolis | |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | None | None |
| Pricing | free | free |
| Formats | JSON, XML, CSV | JSON, GeoJSON, CSV |
| CORS | yes | yes |
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes |