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.
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`).