Buffalo NY Open Data Dataset Metadata and Licence (City of Buffalo Open Data)

buffalonyopendata/dataset-metadata

Metadata for one City of Buffalo, New York open data dataset by its id (four letters or digits, a hyphen, four more, for example d6g9-xbgu for Crime Incidents): name, description, publisher attribution, category, licence, created and last-updated times, tags, and custom fields such as disclaimers. Returns the portal's metadata record unmodified; use it to check a dataset's licence and freshness before reuse. Passed through and served by Eden Engine; not an official City of Buffalo product.

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Price

$0.0026 per call

You pay the price shown. If a call turns out to cost more than its quote, you pay the actual price, capped at twice the quote. No monthly minimum. Top-ups start at $0.50.

Data source

City of Buffalo Open Data

Data from the City of Buffalo, NY open data portal (data.buffalony.gov); crime incident records are published by the Buffalo Police Department as Public Domain U.S. Government per the dataset's own metadata. Served by Eden Engine; not an official City of Buffalo product.

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// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })

// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "buffalonyopendata/dataset-metadata" })

// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "buffalonyopendata/dataset-metadata" })

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "buffalonyopendata/dataset-metadata", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "buffalonyopendata/dataset-metadata", input: { /* ... */ } })

// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to do

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Pricing

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Charge	Price
Per call	$0.0026

Updated: Oct 24, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "dataset_id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "dataset_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9]{4}-[a-z0-9]{4}$",
      "description": "Socrata dataset id: four lowercase letters or digits, a hyphen, four more, for example d6g9-xbgu (Crime Incidents). Find ids with dataset-search."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "id",
    "name"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "tags": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    "license": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ],
      "description": "The dataset's own licence name, for example Public Domain U.S. Government."
    },
    "category": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "createdAt": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "attribution": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "description": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "customFields": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "dataUpdatedAt": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "attributionLink": {
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "metadataUpdatedAt": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "description": "The portal's metadata record for the dataset.",
  "additionalProperties": true
}