aid: island-is
name: island.is (Digital Iceland)
description: >-
  island.is (Stafrænt Ísland / Digital Iceland) is Iceland's national digital-services and government API
  platform, operated by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs / Digital Iceland. It provides a
  GraphQL gateway at api.island.is (authentication-gated) that fronts internal REST microservices, with
  business/government-to-government REST services described using OpenAPI 3.0 and registered in the X-Road
  "Straumurinn" API Catalogue. The developer handbook is published at docs.devland.is. Iceland's former
  CKAN open-data portal (opingogn.is) has been decommissioned and now redirects to island.is.
kind: government
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/island-is/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
tags:
  - Digital Government
  - GraphQL
  - OpenAPI
  - X-Road
  - API Platform
  - Government Data
  - National Government
  - Iceland
  - Europe
created: '2026-06-23'
modified: '2026-06-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: island-is:graphql
    name: island.is GraphQL Gateway
    description: >-
      Single GraphQL gateway at api.island.is wrapping internal REST microservices that power island.is
      applications. The gateway is authentication-gated (island.is identity server / IdS scopes) and
      returns 404 to anonymous probes. API design conventions are documented in the Digital Iceland
      handbook.
    humanURL: https://docs.devland.is/
    baseURL: https://api.island.is
    tags:
      - GraphQL
      - API Gateway
      - Authentication
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.devland.is/
      - type: x-graphql-endpoint
        url: https://api.island.is
      - type: x-graphql-conventions
        url: https://docs.devland.is/technical-overview/api-design-guide/graphql-naming-conventions.md
  - aid: island-is:xroad
    name: X-Road (Straumurinn) API Catalogue
    description: >-
      Iceland's X-Road data-exchange layer (Straumurinn). Government-to-government REST services that
      publish OpenAPI 3.0 descriptions are auto-imported into the X-Road API Catalogue, providing a
      governed, discoverable surface of national government APIs.
    humanURL: https://docs.devland.is/products/x-road.md
    baseURL: https://docs.devland.is/products/x-road.md
    tags:
      - X-Road
      - OpenAPI
      - Interoperability
      - B2G
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://docs.devland.is/products/x-road.md
      - type: x-openapi-guide
        url: https://docs.devland.is/development/openapi.md
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://island.is
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.devland.is/
  - type: Review
    url: review.yml
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com