API archive entry · source-reported

Urban Observatory

The largest set of publicly available real time urban data in the UK

Provider / source website

Decision snapshot

Urban Observatory is catalogued as a Open Data API from Urban Observatory. The directory reports no auth authentication, HTTPS as unconfirmed, and CORS as no.

Category
Open Data
Authentication
No auth
HTTPS
Unconfirmed
CORS
No

Evaluation pathway

  1. Define endpoints, fields, freshness, and expected request volume.
  2. Read the live source and confirm access, terms, limits, and version.
  3. Test representative inputs, errors, latency, pagination, and data quality.
  4. Plan monitoring, retries, caching, version pinning, and a fallback.

What still needs verification

Pricing and quotas

Confirm current plans, free-tier limits, overages, and request ceilings.

Endpoint coverage

Check that the operations and response fields match the intended workload.

Reliability

Look for uptime history, a status page, support routes, and service commitments.

Data and privacy

Review retention, licensing, regional processing, and compliance requirements.

Versioning

Confirm the active version, change policy, deprecation window, and migration guidance.

Developer experience

Validate SDKs, examples, error formats, pagination, and test environments.

Nearby Open Data options

18F

Unofficial US Federal Government API Development

No auth · HTTPS unconfirmed · CORS Unknown

Archive.org

The Internet Archive

No auth · HTTPS reported · CORS No

Open Data Minneapolis

Spatial (GIS) and non-spatial city data for Minneapolis

No auth · HTTPS reported · CORS No

Source reference

public-apis directory entry

This page separates source-reported facts from questions that need live provider verification.