| name | government-journal-records |
| description | Query the Government Office's public Lotus Notes XML views for classified document series, dates, document numbers, subjects, and record details. |
Government Office Journal Records
Access
- Series view:
GET https://dhs.riigikantselei.ee/avalikteave.nsf/byjournalkey?open
- Public XML; no login or browser JavaScript is required.
Retrieve
The root response is an <entries> document containing <category> rows. Follow a category's URL or send its exact label as the path parameter:
?open&path=12-10%20Lepingud%20ja%20lepingutega%20seotud%20dokumendid
Use start for pagination. Read totalhits, start, count, from, to, and the next/end links from <entries> rather than assuming a page size.
Category results contain <document noteid="..." href="..."> rows and named <field> children. The root fieldtitles block maps field names to Estonian labels. Follow /avalikteave.nsf/documents/<noteid>?open for the public detail record.
Return
- Preserve category path,
noteid, detail URL, every named field, source URL, and retrieval time.
- Common fields include
date, docid, subject, from, receivedfrom, sentto, document type, issuer, keywords, protocol number, meeting place, and contract dates.
- Keep absent fields null; available fields vary by document series.
Limits
- This is an older Government Office document system and may overlap newer ADR records.
- Category labels have historical variants; do not merge them solely by numeric prefix.
- Detail records can omit restricted document content while retaining public metadata.
Verify
- Require HTTP 200
text/xml whose root is entries, with category links and paging attributes.
- Require a known populated category to return document rows with
noteid, href, date, docid, and subject.
