Int 1594-2017
Providing open application program interfaces for all government services.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Technologyintroduced 2017-05-10
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2017-05-10Passed: 2017-12-31
Summary
This bill would require that information disseminated and accepted by City agencies also be transmittable through an Application Program Interface (API). It would also require the creation of a website with information on how to find and use such API’s.
Committee on Technology — Technology in New York City, Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (non- land use-related issues), Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment, NYC TV, and dissemination of public information through the use of technology.
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This bill: 234 days in committee
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Sponsors (4)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2017-05-10 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2017-05-10 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2017-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2017-05-10 · 1:30 PM · Council Chambers - City Hall
Attachments (3)
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 2 of title 23 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended to add a new section 23-202, to read as follows:
� 23-202 Open application program interfaces. a. Any information, including both text in a narrative form and data as defined in section 23-501, posted online or otherwise made available electronically to the public by an agency shall also be made available through a web application program interface that permits programs to request and receive such information directly from a city web portal.
b. Any non-emergency city services for which intake information is accepted from the public by phone, paper form, web application or mobile application, including but not limited to 311, shall also permit such intake to be made through a web application program interface that permits programs to transmit such information directly to a city web portal.
c. Any public data sets posted to the single web portal pursuant to chapter five of this title shall be exempted from the requirements of this section.
d. The department of information technology and telecommunications shall post in a single portal on the city website information on how to utilize each of the web application program interfaces required pursuant to subdivisions a and b of this section, including both plain language descriptions and technical details. Such portal shall also include a listing of the application program interfaces available pursuant to subdivisions a and b, the endpoint for each such application program interface, and, for those required pursuant to subdivision a, a description of the information contained therein.
� 2. This local law takes effect one year after enactment.
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