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🇨🇱 Chile Open Data Scraper

🚀 Export Chile's national open data in seconds. Browse the full datos.gob.cl catalog of 10,000+ datasets or pull rows from any dataset resource. Covers demographic, transport, ministry budget, climate, and health data. No login, no manual CSV stitching.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-22 · 📊 Catalog + row modes · 🇨🇱 10,000+ Chilean datasets · 🏛️ Hundreds of publishers

The Chile Open Data Scraper taps the official datos.gob.cl portal and runs in two complementary modes. Catalog mode lists every dataset with title, organization, license, resources, and tags. Dataset mode streams every row from any chosen tabular resource.

Coverage spans national ministries, decentralized agencies, regional governments, and partner publishers, covering health, transport, climate, demographics, ministry budgets, education, economy, and public security. This Actor returns clean structured records ready to download as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

📋 What the Chile Open Data Scraper does

Two complementary workflows in a single run:

• 📚 Catalog mode. List every dataset with publisher, license, tags, and resource list.
• 📊 Dataset mode. Stream every row from any tabular resource.
• 🔍 Search the catalog. Filter datasets by keyword across title, description, and tags.
• 🆔 Auto-resolve resources. Provide just a dataset slug and the Actor picks the first usable resource.

Each record carries publisher metadata in catalog mode, or the original row schema preserved under data in dataset mode, plus the source identifiers and a timestamp.

💡 Why it matters: Chile's open-data catalog is one of the most comprehensive in Latin America, but the column schemas vary wildly across publishers. This Actor handles catalog discovery, pagination, and row streaming so your analysts and researchers can focus on the question, not the plumbing.

🎬 Full Demo

🚧 Coming soon: a 3-minute walkthrough showing how to go from sign-up to a downloaded Chile dataset.

⚙️ Input

Example: list the first 50 datasets that mention "clima".

{
"maxItems":50,
"mode":"catalog",
"searchQuery":"clima"
}

Example: pull rows from a specific dataset.

{
"maxItems":200,
"mode":"dataset",
"datasetId":"ejemplo-presupuesto"
}

⚠️ Good to Know: not every dataset is published as queryable rows. If a dataset only ships static files, dataset mode returns a clear error so you can switch to catalog mode and inspect the resource list.

📊 Output

Two record shapes depending on mode. Download the dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

🧾 Catalog mode schema

🧾 Dataset mode schema

📦 Sample records

✨ Why choose this Actor

📊 Whether you are tracking ministry budgets, modelling climate trends, or analysing transport networks, the same Actor backs every workflow.

📈 How it compares to alternatives

Pick this Actor when you want both discovery and download in one run with zero pipeline maintenance.

🚀 How to use

1. 📝 Sign up. Create a free account with $5 credit (takes 2 minutes).
2. 🌐 Open the Actor. Go to the Chile Open Data Scraper page on the Apify Store.
3. 🎯 Set input. Choose catalog or dataset mode and set the slug or search query.
4. 🚀 Run it. Click Start and let the Actor collect your records.
5. 📥 Download. Grab your results in the Dataset tab as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML.

⏱️ Total time from signup to downloaded dataset: 3-5 minutes. No coding required.

💼 Business use cases

🔌 Automating Chile Open Data Scraper

Control the scraper programmatically for scheduled runs and pipeline integrations:

• 🟢 Node.js. Install the apify-client NPM package.
• 🐍 Python. Use the apify-client PyPI package.
• 📚 See the Apify API documentation for full details.

The Apify Schedules feature lets you trigger this Actor on any cron interval. Daily, weekly, or monthly refreshes keep downstream warehouses in sync automatically.

🌟 Beyond business use cases

Chile open data fuels more than commercial workflows. The same structured records support research, education, civic projects, and personal initiatives.

🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

Open a ready-to-send prompt about this ParseForge Actor in the AI of your choice:

• 💬 ChatGPT
• 🧠 Claude
• 🔍 Perplexity
• 🅒 Copilot

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

🧩 How does it work?

Pick catalog mode to discover datasets or dataset mode to stream rows. The Actor handles pagination, retries, and schema preservation for you.

🔎 Where do I find a dataset slug?

Open the dataset page on the official Chile open-data portal. The slug appears in the dataset URL after /dataset/.

📏 Does it cover every Chilean dataset?

The Actor works with any dataset published to the central catalog by national ministries, regional governments, decentralized agencies, and partner publishers. The portal hosts over 10,000 datasets.

🔁 How fresh is the data?

Each run pulls the latest rows or catalog entries published at run time, so your dataset reflects the current portal state.

⏰ Can I schedule regular runs?

Yes. Use Apify Schedules to refresh your dataset on any cron interval and keep downstream pipelines current.

🎯 Can I filter the catalog?

Yes. Use searchQuery in catalog mode to match datasets by keyword across title, description, and tags.

🆔 What if I only have a dataset slug?

In dataset mode, pass datasetId and leave resourceId empty. The Actor auto-selects the first row-enabled resource for you.

⚖️ Is this data legal to use?

The datos.gob.cl catalog publishes under permissive open licenses. Always review the specific dataset license for attribution requirements and downstream compliance.

💼 Can I use this data commercially?

Yes. Most datasets are published under licenses that allow commercial reuse with attribution. You are responsible for downstream compliance in your own product.

💳 Do I need a paid Apify plan to use this Actor?

No. The free Apify plan is enough for testing and small runs (10 records per run). A paid plan lifts the limit and unlocks scheduling, higher concurrency, and bigger datasets.

🔁 What happens if a run fails or gets interrupted?

Apify automatically retries transient errors. Partial datasets are preserved so you never lose progress.

🆘 What if I need help?

Our support team is here to help. Reach us through the Apify platform or via the Tally form linked below.

🔌 Integrate with any app

Chile Open Data Scraper connects to any cloud service via Apify integrations:

• Make - Automate multi-step workflows
• Zapier - Connect with 5,000+ apps
• Slack - Get run notifications in your channels
• Airbyte - Pipe Chile datasets into your warehouse
• GitHub - Trigger runs from commits and releases
• Google Drive - Export datasets straight to Sheets

You can also use webhooks to trigger downstream actions when a run finishes. Push fresh Chile rows into your product backend, or alert your team in Slack.

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💡 Pro Tip: browse the complete ParseForge collection for more reference-data scrapers.

🆘 Need Help? Open our contact form to request a new scraper, propose a custom data project, or report an issue.

⚠️ Disclaimer: this Actor is an independent tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the Government of Chile, the Chilean open-data portal, or any publishing agency. All trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners. Only publicly available open data is collected.