Open House London API (Or any open-city.org.uk city)

open_house_london_api.md

This was reverse engineered from the Android app

Bootstrap

• https://openhouselondon.open-city.org.uk/api/bootstrap
• Contains all the data about the current Open House event, and IDs needed for other requests

All listings

• https://openhouselondon.open-city.org.uk/api/buildings
• All buildings taking part in this Open House, paginated

Collections

• https://openhouselondon.open-city.org.uk/api/collections
• Listing collection index

Featured listings

• https://openhouselondon.open-city.org.uk/api/featured_listings

Category

• https://openhouselondon.open-city.org.uk/api/$CATEGORY_NAME
• Subcategory index

Walks and tours

• https://openhouselondon.open-city.org.uk/api/walks_and_tours

Building

• https://openhouselondon.open-city.org.uk/api/buildings/$BUILDING_ID
• Individual building listing

Optional parameters

Pagination:

• Page offset: ?page=1
• Items per-page: ?per_page=12

Filters:

• Date: ?date=yy-MM-dd
• Search: ?q=$SEARCHQUERY
• Building type: ?building_type_ids=$idOR$idOR$id (IDs in bootstrap)
• Building period: ?building_period_ids=$idOR$idOR$id (IDs in bootstrap)
• London borough: ?london_borough_ids=$idOR$idOR$id (IDs in bootstrap, "london_boroughs" is "all")
• Booking required: ?booking_required=true
• Facilities available: ?facility_ids=$idAND$idAND$id...
  • IDs in bootstrap, some also hardcoded:
  • disabled access = 1
  • partial disabled access = 2
  • bookshop = 3
  • parking = 4
  • refreshments = 5
  • toilets = 6