Quickstart - NorthAxium Data

1. Get an API key

Sign up at northaxiumdata.ca to get a Developer or Pro key. Or use the free demo key from the Authentication page to try the API immediately.

curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.northaxiumdata.ca/api/v1/contracts?vendor=Palantir&limit=5"

Who is lobbying the federal government right now?

curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.northaxiumdata.ca/api/v1/lobbying/registrations?active=true&limit=10"

What contracts has a vendor won?

curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.northaxiumdata.ca/api/v1/vendors/Palantir%20Technologies%20Canada%20Inc"

Search across all datasets at once:

curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  "https://api.northaxiumdata.ca/api/v1/search?q=Shopify"

All list endpoints return the same envelope:

{
  "data": [...],
  "meta": {
    "total": 1234,
    "page": 1,
    "per_page": 50
  }
}

All single-item endpoints return:

{
  "data": { ... }
}

Errors return:

{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
    "message": "Missing API key. Pass your key in the X-API-Key header."
  }
}

Every response includes rate limit headers:

X-RateLimit-Limit: 10000
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 9987
X-RateLimit-Reset: 1714953600000

Understand API keys and tiers

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What data is available and when it updates

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