search_by_location

Find police log messages for a place name, whether the API classifies it as a municipality or as a sub-locality `area` (e.g. "Bragernes", "Sjøvegan") -- the API only supports server-side filtering by municipality, not by area.

Direct GET

For navigating agents: open the HTML page with parameters in the URL. The result is fetched and displayed without screenshots or form filling.

https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/kilder/politiloggen/search_by_location/?location={location}&districts={districts}&categories={categories}&is_active={is_active}&date_from={date_from}&date_to={date_to}&take=10&limit=25&offset=0

Replace {location}, {districts}, {categories}, {is_active}, {date_from}, {date_to}, {take} with values. Remove unused optional parameters from the URL.

For software and dashboards: Read the operation descriptor. The JSON GET template is https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/politiloggen/search_by_location?location={location}&districts={districts}&categories={categories}&is_active={is_active}&date_from={date_from}&date_to={date_to}&take=10&limit=25&offset=0.

Parameter	Requirement	JSON type	Description
`location`	required	string	Place name to search for, matched case-insensitively as a substring against each message's municipality and area.
`districts`	optional	union	Optionally narrow the scan to these police districts (exact names, see search_messages). Improves hit rate for scarce locations by scanning more relevant messages.
`categories`	optional	union	Filter by category name. Call list_categories().
`is_active`	optional	union	True for ongoing incidents only, False for closed.
`date_from`	optional	union	ISO datetime lower bound, e.g. "2026-06-01T00:00:00Z".
`date_to`	optional	union	ISO datetime upper bound.
`take`	optional	integer	How many matches to return, 1 to 50 (default 10).
`limit`	optional	integer	Gateway page size; default 25, maximum 100.
`offset`	optional	integer	Number of list items to skip; default 0.

Generated JavaScript, Python and response structure

Use JSON when the user requests code, machine-readable data, value extraction or further computation. Use the HTML GET page to identify the correct source and verify parameters.

Example for generated JavaScript and Python

https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/politiloggen/search_by_location?location={location}&districts={districts}&categories={categories}&is_active={is_active}&date_from={date_from}&date_to={date_to}&take=10&limit=25&offset=0

Replace URL placeholders and remove unused optional parameters.

JavaScript in a dashboard

const url = "https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/politiloggen/search_by_location?location={location}&districts={districts}&categories={categories}&is_active={is_active}&date_from={date_from}&date_to={date_to}&take=10&limit=25&offset=0";
const response = await fetch(url);
if (!response.ok) {
  const failure = await response.json();
  throw new Error(`${failure.error.code}: ${failure.error.message} ${failure.suggestion}`);
}
const result = await response.json();
const data = result.data;

Python without additional packages

import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

url = "https://allemannsdata.com/wiki/api/v1/kilder/politiloggen/search_by_location?location={location}&districts={districts}&categories={categories}&is_active={is_active}&date_from={date_from}&date_to={date_to}&take=10&limit=25&offset=0"
with urlopen(url) as response:
    result = json.load(response)
data = result["data"]

Response structure

{
  "source": "politiloggen",
  "operation": "search_by_location",
  "parameters": {},
  "data": {},
  "entities": [],
  "_meta": {"retrieved_at": "...", "sources": [], "cache": {}},
  "_links": {"self": "...", "source": "...", "wiki": "..."}
}

Form for manual use

The form is a fallback for people and browser agents that cannot open the GET URL directly.

location (required) Type: string. Place name to search for, matched case-insensitively as a substring against each message's municipality and area.

districts Type: list of string (comma-separated). Optionally narrow the scan to these police districts (exact names, see search_messages). Improves hit rate for scarce locations by scanning more relevant messages.

categories Type: list of string (comma-separated). Filter by category name. Call list_categories().

is_active Type: yes/no. True for ongoing incidents only, False for closed.

date_from Type: string. ISO datetime lower bound, e.g. "2026-06-01T00:00:00Z".

date_to Type: string. ISO datetime upper bound.

take Type: integer. How many matches to return, 1 to 50 (default 10).

Continue exploring

How an AI agent should use this page

Ground rule: Navigate with HTML GET links to keep explanations and relationships. Use the page's JSON alternative only when concrete values must be extracted, compared or computed.

How to use the search_by_location lookup

Replace the placeholders in the HTML GET template; remove optional parameters you do not need.
Check types, units, limits and ID formats in the parameter table.
Follow linked results to canonical pages before combining sources.

Misreading to avoid: An empty list means "no results for this lookup". An error message or unavailable source does not mean the data does not exist.

Source-specific next step

Go to the source page for other operations. Use the JSON template only after the HTML result shows that the parameters and source are correct.

AI agent? Read the complete navigation and programming guide.