Querying OWID's internal Datasette instance

Our World In Data runs an internal Datasette instance that mirrors data from two sources:

1. Main MySQL database — contains our catalog of charts, variables, datasets, sources, and other metadata used by the OWID website and data pipeline.
2. Analytics data store — contains page view and usage analytics data.

Access

The datasette instance is available via tailscale at:

http://analytics/

No API keys or tokens are needed — access is controlled at the network level. However, you must always include a User-Agent header — requests without one get a 502 error. Use -H "User-Agent: Claude" on every curl call.

Available databases