UK Parliament Search Service

parliament · Data

Data No Auth Free & Open open_data

Performs search on parliament.uk domain. Implements [OpenSearch specification](https://github.com/dewitt/opensearch). Throttled at 10 requests per second per IP address.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET OpenSearch description document

OpenSearch description document

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/search/Live/description

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/search/Live/description"

import requests
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/search/Live/description",
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/search/Live/description';

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/search/Live/description"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/search/Live/description")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/search/Live/description";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET Search results

Search results

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/search/Live/query?q=test&count=10&start=1&subdomains=example&inUrlPrefixes=example

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/search/Live/query?q=test&count=10&start=1&subdomains=example&inUrlPrefixes=example"

import requests
params = {
    "q": "test",
    "count": "10",
    "start": "1",
    "subdomains": "example",
    "inUrlPrefixes": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/search/Live/query",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/search/Live/query');
url.searchParams.set('q', 'test');
url.searchParams.set('count', '10');
url.searchParams.set('start', '1');
url.searchParams.set('subdomains', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('inUrlPrefixes', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/search/Live/query")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("q", "test")
	q.Set("count", "10")
	q.Set("start", "1")
	q.Set("subdomains", "example")
	q.Set("inUrlPrefixes", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/search/Live/query")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "q" => "test",
  "count" => "10",
  "start" => "1",
  "subdomains" => "example",
  "inUrlPrefixes" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/search/Live/query?" . http_build_query([
    "q" => "test",
    "count" => "10",
    "start" => "1",
    "subdomains" => "example",
    "inUrlPrefixes" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET Search results

Search results

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/search/Live/query.{extension}?q=test&count=10&start=1&subdomains=example&inUrlPrefixes=example

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/search/Live/query.{extension}?q=test&count=10&start=1&subdomains=example&inUrlPrefixes=example"

import requests
params = {
    "q": "test",
    "count": "10",
    "start": "1",
    "subdomains": "example",
    "inUrlPrefixes": "example"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/search/Live/query.{extension}",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/search/Live/query.{extension}');
url.searchParams.set('q', 'test');
url.searchParams.set('count', '10');
url.searchParams.set('start', '1');
url.searchParams.set('subdomains', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('inUrlPrefixes', 'example');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
)

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/search/Live/query.{extension}")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("q", "test")
	q.Set("count", "10")
	q.Set("start", "1")
	q.Set("subdomains", "example")
	q.Set("inUrlPrefixes", "example")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/search/Live/query.{extension}")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "q" => "test",
  "count" => "10",
  "start" => "1",
  "subdomains" => "example",
  "inUrlPrefixes" => "example"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/parliament.uk/search/Live/query.{extension}?" . http_build_query([
    "q" => "test",
    "count" => "10",
    "start" => "1",
    "subdomains" => "example",
    "inUrlPrefixes" => "example"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

Postman Setup Guide

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See official documentation for authentication and setup.

What can you build with UK Parliament Search Service?

UK Parliament Search Service is a Data API. Developers commonly use data APIs for:

enriching your app with third-party datasets
building data pipelines and ETL workflows
querying and searching large datasets
powering research, analysis, and reporting tools
syncing reference data into your own systems

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. UK Parliament Search Service is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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