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Access resource data via a web API with powerful query support. Further information in the main CKAN Data API and DataStore documentation.

Endpoints »

The Data API can be accessed via the following actions of the CKAN action API.

Create	`https://www.data.gov.my/data/api/3/action/datastore_create`
Update / Insert	`https://www.data.gov.my/data/api/3/action/datastore_upsert`
Query	`https://www.data.gov.my/data/api/3/action/datastore_search`
Query (via SQL)	`https://www.data.gov.my/data/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql`

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Query example (first 5 results)

https://www.data.gov.my/data/api/3/action/datastore_search?limit=5&resource_id=2903e39a-dde6-4053-818e-ebdb8066d8b7

Query example (results containing 'jones')

https://www.data.gov.my/data/api/3/action/datastore_search?q=jones&resource_id=2903e39a-dde6-4053-818e-ebdb8066d8b7

Query example (via SQL statement)

https://www.data.gov.my/data/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql?sql=SELECT * from "2903e39a-dde6-4053-818e-ebdb8066d8b7" WHERE title LIKE 'jones'

Example: Javascript »

A simple ajax (JSONP) request to the data API using jQuery.

        var data = {
          resource_id: '2903e39a-dde6-4053-818e-ebdb8066d8b7', // the resource id
          limit: 5, // get 5 results
          q: 'jones' // query for 'jones'
        };
        $.ajax({
          url: 'https://www.data.gov.my/data/api/3/action/datastore_search',
          data: data,
          dataType: 'jsonp',
          success: function(data) {
            alert('Total results found: ' + data.result.total)
          }
        });

Example: Python »

      import urllib
      url = 
'https://www.data.gov.my/data/api/3/action/datastore_search?limit=5&resource_id=2903e39a-dde6-4053-818e-ebdb8066d8b7&q=title:jones'
      fileobj = urllib.urlopen(url)
      print fileobj.read()

Flows of foreign direct investment in Malaysia...

URL: https://archive.data.gov.my/data/dataset/ee120f7d-fd7d-43f1-80ad-f23b5cc7a2c1/resource/87cf2df7-f511-4190-8267-b985c54fa986/download/m-20230529103304_202309070555310_flows-of-foreign-direct-investment-in-malaysia-by-sector-quarte.csv

This dataset shows the Flows of foreign direct investment in Malaysia by sector, 2008 - 2023 (Q2) (Quarterly).

Footnote
Credit refers to inflow of funds or amounts received by Malaysian direct investor from non-resident direct investment enterprise due to liquidation of investment abroad, loan transactions, trade credits and other capital receipts. Debit refers to outflow of funds or amounts extended by Malaysian direct investors to non-resident direct investment enterprise in the form of equity capital, reinvested earnings, loan transactions, trade credits, as well as other capital extensions.

Data for year 2017 & 2021 are Final Data for year 2022 are Revised Data for year 2023 are Preliminary

Source: Department of Statistics Malaysia and Bank Negara Malaysia

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Column	Type	Label	Description
Year	text
Quarter	text
Sector	text
Sub Sector	text
Credit in RM Million	text
Debit in RM Million	text
Net in RM Million	text
Status Data	text

Additional Information

Field	Value
Data last updated	September 11, 2023
Metadata last updated	September 11, 2023
Created	September 11, 2023
File Format	CSV
License	Creative Commons Attribution

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Flows of foreign direct investment in Malaysia...

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