israel-gov-api

Use package_search to find a dataset, package_show to get its active resource ID, then datastore_search with filters, fields, sort, and limit parameters. The datastore_search_sql endpoint is disabled and returns 403 Forbidden.

Hebrew filter values and search terms must be UTF-8 percent-encoded in the URL. For example, filter on Haifa with filters=%7B%22city%22%3A%22%D7%97%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%94%22%7D, since raw Hebrew breaks several HTTP clients.

Offset paging on data.gov.il caps around 32,000 records, after which requests return errors or empty pages. For larger datasets, use cursor paging on the _id field with ascending sort and a filter for _id greater than the last seen value.

A 403 with a Security Violation body means the data.gov.il WAF terminated your session, not a permissions issue. Recover with exponential backoff of 10, 30, and 60 seconds, drop session cookies, and retry with a fresh User-Agent.

Yes, the Skill recommends MCP servers such as datagov-israel and data-gov-il for direct tool access to the CKAN API, plus pre-scoped servers for vehicles, amutot, and elections datasets. Fall back to raw API calls if no MCP is installed.

Do not use it for classified government data or data requiring security clearance, and note that some resources lack a queryable datastore. In those cases download the CSV or Excel resource directly and process it locally.