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Insights and Demography

APIs for Online Services

The Department uses APIs to facilitate the flow of data between the NSW Planning Portal and the IT systems of its stakeholders.


To access any of the APIs, a subscription key will be required. This unique key will enable users to consume the functionality of the APIs for each service. To request a subscription key, please click on the first tile below -"How to Obtain an API Subscription Key".


The remaining tiles provide access to the API specifications for each online service and reference material. Each specific API tile contains an overview and a short description of the API, as well as the API specifications, release notes and an outline of what's coming in future releases.

Online DA Service API

The Department has developed inbound and outbound APIs to facilitate the flow of DA data between the Online DA Service and a council's IT systems.

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Online Certificate Registration Service API

These APIs will facilitate the flow of registration data between the Online Certificate Registration Service and the IT systems of certifiers and councils.

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Online Post-Consent Certificate Service API

These APIs facilitate the flow of certificate data between the Online Post-Consent Certificate Service and the IT systems of certifiers and councils.

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Online CDC Service API

These inbound and outbound APIs will facilitate the flow of CDC data between the Online CDC Service and the IT systems of councils and private certifiers.

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Online Section 10.7 Planning Certificate Service API

These inbound and outbound APIs will facilitate the flow of Section 10.7 data between the Online Section 10.7 Service and the IT systems of councils and private certifiers.

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Online Section 68 Service API

The Department has developed inbound and outbound APIs to facilitate the flow of data between the Online Section 68 Service and a council's IT systems.

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Online Concurrence and Referral Service API

These inbound and outbound APIs will facilitate the flow of Concurrence and Referral data between the Online Concurrence and Referral Service and the IT systems of councils and agencies.

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Short Term Rental Accommodation (STRA) Register API

These APIs facilitate the flow of data between the IT systems of booking providers and the STRA Register on the NSW Planning Portal.

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Common APIs

These APIs include administrative functions and resuable APIs that apply to multiple digital services.

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Online State DA service APIs

The Department has developed inbound and outbound APIs to facilitate the flow of State DA data between the online service and an Agency’s IT systems.

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Online Building Information Certificate (BIC) service API

The Department has developed inbound and outbound APIs to facilitate the flow of data between the Online BIC Service and a council's IT systems.

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API Reference Documents

Please consult the documents for reference here.

How to obtain an API Subscription Key

Please click here to request a subscription key. In the email request please provide your organisation's name and a contact person's details.

FAQs

You can find all frequently asked questions for the APIs for ePlanning Digital Services here.