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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()

outside labour force by sex and state

URL: https://archive.data.gov.my/data/dataset/a5cf50a1-7207-4180-9f5c-04b2f3e6cf51/resource/cbc7c37b-e0a9-44da-9d56-ab7233b5031d/download/outside-labour-force-by-sex-and-state.csv

This data set shows the number of persons outside labour force by sex for all states in Malaysia from year 1982 until 2020. The statistics is derived from Labour Force Survey (LFS) which is conducted every month using household approach and refers to those between the working age of 15-64 years old.

All persons not classified as employed or unemployed are classified as outside labour force. This category includes housewives, students (including those going for further studies), retired, disabled persons and those not interested in looking for a job.

W.P. Labuan is gazzeted as a Federal Territory in 1984 while W.P. Putrajaya is gazzeted as a Federal Territory in 2001. The statistics for W.P. Putrajaya for 2001-2010 is treated as part of Selangor. Statistics for W.P. Putrajaya is available separately since 2011 onwards.

LFS was not conducted during the years 1991 and 1994.

More info: https://www.dosm.gov.my

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Data last updated	August 6, 2021
Metadata last updated	August 6, 2021
Created	August 6, 2021
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