WIB Open Data
WIB's verified Indian comparison datasets, freely downloadable as CSV. Use them for journalism, research, academic analysis, app prototypes, or curiosity. Attribution required (CC-BY 4.0). All data is manually verified and editorially curated — see methodology in the linked research reports.
Featured datasets
name, version, license, count, and a data array — drop-in compatible with most fetch/axios pipelines. CORS is open for client-side use.
Per-city JSON API
Lighter-weight per-city JSON endpoints, pre-filtered. Useful for prototypes that only need one city.
GET /data/api/hospitals/<city-slug>.json — e.g. bhopal.json, gurugram.json, surat.json
GET /data/api/restaurants/<city-slug>.json — e.g. nagpur.json, mysore.json
Each per-city JSON includes
city, count, source, license, and a data array. Same schema as the combined files.
📋 View dataset changelog → for what changed since your last download. · 🔧 Developer API docs → with code samples + recipes.
Per-city slices — Hospitals
Same schema as combined file, scoped to one city. Smaller files for focused analysis.
Per-city slices — Restaurants
20 cities. Same schema as combined file.
How to use this data
- Open in Excel / Google Sheets — every CSV is UTF-8 encoded and uses comma separators with quoted fields. Drag-and-drop into any spreadsheet.
- Pandas / R / Python —
pd.read_csv('https://wibest.in/data/csv/wib-hospitals-all.csv')works directly without download. Specialties and cuisines are pipe-separated within their column for easy splitting. - Journalism & reporting — query for specific facts ("which Bhopal hospitals are NABH-accredited?", "what's the average rating of South Indian restaurants in Coimbatore?") and cite WIB.
- Side projects & prototypes — bootstrap a hospital-finder, food-discovery, or city-comparison app with real verified data instead of scraping Zomato/Practo (which prohibit scraping).
- Academic research — used in any thesis/paper, please cite as below and we'd love to know — drop us an email at hello@wibest.in.
Source: WIB Open Data, https://wibest.in/data/ with a link back. That's it — no permission email needed, no fee, no partnership terms.
Methodology & updates
Data is manually verified by the WIB editorial team — names cross-checked against hospital/restaurant websites, ratings normalized from public review aggregates, addresses spot-validated. We refresh quarterly and add new cities based on demand. The combined files always reflect the latest snapshot at the URLs above (no versioning needed — your script will pick up updates automatically). For methodology details on each dataset, see the matching research report in /reports/.
Need data we don't publish here? Custom slices, additional fields, or specific cities — email hello@wibest.in with the subject "Data request". Free for journalists and academics; nominal fee for commercial requests.