The Barcelona Cultural Data Observatory makes available to you the cultural data and indicators on the city of Barcelona. You can consult all this information in the various areas of the website and if you are an advanced user you can also access an API and process the data to suit your needs.
API documentation
You’ll find the available indicators in this XML document:
For example, to obtain the data on museum visitors, just go to the following URL:
http://dades.eicub.net/api/1/museusexposicions-visitants
which will return you a JSON with all the data on the visitors to the city’s museums.
Data filtering
You can filter the data of any of the fields of the result. If you click:
http://dades.eicub.net/api/1/museusexposicions-visitants?Equipament=La Virreina Centre de la Imatge
you’ll see the data on the visitors to the facility La Virreina Centre de la Imatge.
You can also combine filters. For instance, if you add the year to the preceding instruction:
you’ll get the data on La Virreina Centre de la Imatge for the year 2013.
Output formats
If you add the format parameter to the instruction, you can select the format in which you wish to download the data. You can choose between JSON, XML and CSV.
For example, if you click:
http://dades.eicub.net/api/1/biblioteques-prestecs?format=xml
you can download the data on library loans in XML format.
Or if you go to:
http://dades.eicub.net/api/1/festivals-assistents?Any=2015&format=csv
you can download the data on the city festivals for the year 2015 in a CSV file.