What Do They Know?
JSON →UK Freedom of Information research, the UK's largest FOI request platform â search requests, read responses, look up public authorities, and draft new requests.
Tools · 10
- search_request_events Full-text search of FOI requests and responses via WhatDoTheyKnow's Atom feed. Supports structured expressions (`status:successful`, `body:"Liverpool City Council"`).
- search_authorities Search UK public authorities by name. Returns slug for use with other tools.
- get_request_feed_items Fetch the event timeline (sent, response, clarification) for a specific FOI request.
- get_request_detail Fetch full public request JSON, including status, authority, requester, correspondence events, and attachment metadata where exposed.
- get_user_requests List a user's visible requests with title, slug, status, authority, dates, and snippets.
- get_user_feed_items Fetch a user's activity Atom feed as structured entries with readable content text.
- get_authority_detail Fetch full public authority JSON, including contact/profile fields and request statistics.
- build_request_url Build a prefilled WhatDoTheyKnow request URL for a given authority and topic.
- create_request_record Create a request via the write API (requires `WDTK_API_KEY`).
- update_request_state Update user-assessed state of a request (requires `WDTK_API_KEY`).
Environment variables
WDTK_API_KEY