Honolulu Open Data: Dataset Search

honoluluopendata/dataset-search

Keyword search over the dataset catalog of the City and County of Honolulu Open Data Portal (data.honolulu.gov): returns up to 10 matching datasets per call with each one's id, title, description, type, last update, column names and field types, publishing agency, and its page address. Use it to find the dataset id to pass to the dataset-rows or dataset-metadata tools. A search with no match returns an empty list. City and County of Honolulu data served by Eden Engine; not an official City and County of Honolulu 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

Honolulu Open Data Portal (data.honolulu.gov)

Data from the City and County of Honolulu (data.honolulu.gov). Required notice: "The data made available here was modified for use from its original source, which is data.Honolulu.gov. The City & County of Honolulu does not vouch for the quality and timeliness of the data presented herein, any analysis of the data presented herein, nor any content, viewpoints, products, or services presented herein." Credit each dataset's publishing agency and honour its declared licence. Served by Eden Engine; not an official City and County of Honolulu 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: "honoluluopendata/dataset-search" })

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

// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "honoluluopendata/dataset-search", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "honoluluopendata/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 25, 2026

Input and output schemas

Input schema

input_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "q"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "q": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "minLength": 2,
      "description": "Search words, for example permits. Matches dataset titles, descriptions, tags and column names."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 5,
      "maximum": 10,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many datasets to return, 1 to 10. Defaults to 5."
    },
    "offset": {
      "type": "integer",
      "maximum": 1000,
      "minimum": 0,
      "description": "Datasets to skip, for reading further pages. Leave out to start at the first."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

Output schema

output_schema.json

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "results"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "link": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The dataset's page address."
          },
          "owner": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": true
          },
          "metadata": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "`domain` (the portal host) and `license`.",
            "additionalProperties": true
          },
          "resource": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "The dataset: `id`, `name`, `description`, `type`, `updatedAt`, `createdAt`, `columns_name`, `columns_field_name`, `columns_datatype`, `attribution`, `provenance` and download counts.",
            "additionalProperties": true
          },
          "permalink": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The dataset's stable page address."
          },
          "classification": {
            "type": "object",
            "description": "Category and tags.",
            "additionalProperties": true
          }
        },
        "additionalProperties": true
      },
      "description": "One entry per matching dataset; empty when nothing matches."
    },
    "resultSetSize": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "How many datasets match in total."
    }
  },
  "description": "The catalog's answer: matching datasets under `results` and the total match count in `resultSetSize`.",
  "additionalProperties": true
}