Get All Public Data Sources

Note

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Use the following URL to get a list of all data sources that are public. This includes data sources owned and managed by Microsoft and any data source that was created with a Bing Maps Key and made public using the Make a Data Source Public API.

Supported HTTP Methods

GET

Response

This URL supports the following response formats.

• JSON: application/json

• XML: application/xml

URL Templates

Get a list of all public data sources.

http://spatial.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/data/$GetPublicDataSourceList?$format=format&key=anyBingMapsKey  

Template Parameters

Parameter names and values are not case-sensitive except for the key parameter value.

Parameter	Description	Values
format	Type of output response.	One of the following values: - atom - json

Examples

EXAMPLE: Get all publicly available data sources.

URL with XML Response

HYPERLINK "http://spatial.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/data/$GetPublicDataSourceList?$format=atom&key=" http://spatial.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/data/$GetPublicDataSourceList?$format=atom&key=anyBingMapsKey  

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  
<app:service xmlns:app="http://www.w3.org/2007/app" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:bsi="http://schemas.microsoft.com/bing/spatial/2010/11/odata">  
  <bsi:copyright>© 2013 Microsoft and its suppliers.  This API and any results cannot be used or accessed without Microsoft's express written permission.</bsi:copyright>  
  <app:workspace bsi:uploaded="2012-07-16T07:42:30Z" bsi:updated="2012-07-16T07:46:05Z" bsi:isPublic="true">  
    <atom:title>MyPublicDataSource</atom:title>  
    <atom:disclaimer>This data source is not owned by Microsoft. All changes made to this data source are made by the data source owner and are not the responsibility of Microsoft.</atom:disclaimer>  
    <app:collection app:href="https:// spatial.virtualearth.net /REST/v1/data/20181f26d9e94987cdf9496133d4f23/MyPublicDataSource/CoffeeShops">  
      <atom:title>CoffeeShops</atom:title>  
    </app:collection>  
  </app:workspace>  
  <app:workspace bsi:uploaded="2013-09-13T05:55:01Z" bsi:updated="2013-09-13T06:04:48Z" bsi:isPublic="true">  
    <atom:title>NavteqNA</atom:title>  
    <atom:disclaimer>This data source is owned and managed by Microsoft.</atom:disclaimer>  
    <app:collection app:href="http://spatial.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/data/f22876ec257b474b82fe2ffcb8393150/NavteqNA/NavteqPOIs">  
      <atom:title>NavteqPOIs</atom:title>  
    </app:collection>  
  </app:workspace>  
</app:service>  

URL with JSON Response

{  
  "d": {  
    "Copyright": "\u00a9 2013 Microsoft and its suppliers.  This API and any results cannot be used or accessed without Microsoft's express written permission.",  
    "DataSources": [  
      {  
        "Name": "FourthCoffeeSample",  
        "Disclaimer": "This data source is not owned by Microsoft. All changes made to this data source are made by the data source owner and are not the responsibility of Microsoft.",  
        "IsPublic": true,  
        "Uploaded": "Mon, 16 Jul 2012 07:42:30 GMT",  
        "Updated": "Mon, 16 Jul 2012 07:46:05 GMT",  
        "EntitySets": [  
          "FourthCoffeeShops"  
        ]  
      },  
      {  
        "Name": "NavteqNA",  
        "Disclaimer": "This data source is owned and managed by Microsoft.",  
        "IsPublic": true,  
        "Uploaded": "Fri, 13 Sep 2013 05:55:01 GMT",  
        "Updated": "Fri, 13 Sep 2013 06:04:48 GMT",  
        "EntitySets": [  
          "NavteqPOIs"  
        ]  
     }  
}