Open-Data-Library

Syracuse Open Data Inventory Search

This project is a dataset explorer for the City of Syracuse Open Data portal.It pulls live dataset metadata from ArcGIS and displays it in a searchable, filterable, sortable table.

Live site:

[https://syr-opendata-library.netlify.app/)

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What This Is For

This tool gives staff and the public a clean way to:

• Search datasets by title
• Filter by Open Data category
• Filter by publish year
• Sort by title, publish date, or updated date
• Quickly see how many datasets exist and how many match filters

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Data & Filtering

We pull from the city ArcGIS group:

af5799e7f6d84c5a944b053a47e18121

Using the ArcGIS REST Search API. The script paginates automatically until all datasets in the group are retrieved.

Categories come from:

item.groupCategories

ArcGIS stores these like:

/Categories/Infrastructure

We strip /Categories/ and display the clean category name.

If categories change in ArcGIS, the dropdown updates automatically

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Year Filter

Year is based on Date Published (created)

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How to Run Locally

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/YOUR_ORG/Open-Data-Library.git

2. Move into the folder:

cdOpen-Data-Library

3. Open index.html in your browser. or use Live Server in VS Code.

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Deployment

The site is deployed through Netlify.

• The main branch is connected to Netlify.
• Any merge into main triggers an automatic deploy.

If something looks wrong after a merge:

• Check Netlify deploy logs
• Hard refresh the browser

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Making Changes

If you’re modifying functionality, always use a branch.

Create a branch:

git checkout -b feature/describe-change

Make your edits to index.html.

Test locally:

• Confirm filters stack properly
• Confirm sorting still works
• Check browser console for errors

Then commit:

git add .
git commit-m "Clear description of change"
git push origin feature/describe-change

Open a Pull Request for review.

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