Buffalo NY Open Data Catalog Search (City of Buffalo Open Data)

buffalonyopendata/dataset-search

Searches the City of Buffalo, New York open data catalog (data.buffalony.gov) by keyword and returns the matching portal assets: dataset, map, chart, filter and story, each with its id, name, description, type, category, tags, last-updated times, row and column counts, permalink and publisher. Use the returned id with buffalonyopendata/dataset-metadata to read its licence. Optionally restrict to one asset type. 1 to 20 results per call. 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.

Use it

Five steps: search, inspect, learn, run, settle. No per-tool setup; your agent reaches this tool through the meta-tools it already has.

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agent

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

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

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

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

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

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Pricing

Every charge this tool can incur.

Charge	Price
Per call	$0.0026

Updated: Oct 24, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "q"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "q": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 100,
      "minLength": 2,
      "description": "Search text, for example permits, parking or crime."
    },
    "only": {
      "enum": [
        "dataset",
        "map",
        "chart",
        "filter",
        "story",
        "href",
        "file"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional asset type to restrict to. A table of rows is a dataset; the portal also lists maps, charts, filtered views and stories."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 10,
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "Maximum number of results, 1 to 20. Defaults to 10."
    },
    "offset": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 0,
      "maximum": 1000,
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Number of results to skip, for paging."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "results",
    "resultSetSize"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "link": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "owner": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": true
          },
          "metadata": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": true
          },
          "resource": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": true
          },
          "permalink": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "classification": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": true
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "One entry per asset with `resource` (id, name, description, type, updatedAt, columns_name, page_views and more), `classification` (categories and tags), `metadata` (domain, license) and `permalink`."
    },
    "timings": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": true
    },
    "warnings": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {}
    },
    "resultSetSize": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Total matches before paging."
    }
  },
  "description": "The Socrata catalog response scoped to data.buffalony.gov.",
  "additionalProperties": true
}