Data Gouv

About

Equip Claude with the specialized capabilities needed to navigate and utilize the French open data ecosystem. This skill provides a comprehensive Python library and detailed documentation designed to handle the specific formatting nuances of French administrative data, such as semicolon-separated CSVs and European date formats. It facilitates everything from automated dataset searching and caching to direct loading into pandas DataFrames. Whether you are analyzing vaccination trends, monitoring water quality, or accessing the national school calendar, this skill bridges the gap between raw public APIs and actionable data science workflows, offering ready-to-use implementation patterns for researchers and developers alike.

Key Features

• Python library for programmatic access to the official data.gouv.fr API
• Intelligent parsing of French-specific data formats including semicolon separators and decimal commas
• In-depth documentation and code examples for high-impact datasets like health and education
• Automatic caching system for efficient data downloading and offline analysis
• 20 GitHub stars
• Direct integration for loading public datasets into pandas DataFrames

Use Cases

• Automating the retrieval and cleaning of public datasets for data science and statistical projects
• Analyzing regional French health trends such as vaccination rates or water quality reports
• Integrating official administrative data and geographic codes into local applications