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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()

2008 2022 Flows of direct investment...

URL: https://archive.data.gov.my/data/dataset/2146d512-c3d9-41ad-a5fd-eed3170ccfde/resource/1ec4e4fc-43fc-4cf6-878a-56e0e355e2c1/download/m-20230529095709_202309070524470_2008-2023-flows-of-foreign-direct-investment-in-malaysia-by-blo.csv

This data shows the Flows of Direct Investment (Liabilities) by Sectors, 2008 - 2022 (Annually).

Footnote: Financial and Insurance/Takaful Activities Include investments by holding companies. 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 2020 are Final Data for year 2021 are Revised Data for year 2022 are Preliminary from January - December 2022

Source: Department of Statistics Malaysia and Bank Negara Malaysia

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

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Field	Value
Data last updated	April 19, 2023
Metadata last updated	April 19, 2023
Created	April 19, 2023
File Format	CSV
License	Creative Commons Attribution

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