Kaggle

Access Kaggle datasets, models, competitions, and notebooks via managed API authentication.

Quick Start

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://gateway.maton.ai/kaggle/v1/datasets.DatasetApiService/ListDatasets', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Base URL

https://gateway.maton.ai/kaggle/{native-api-path}

The gateway proxies requests to api.kaggle.com and automatically injects your credentials.

Authentication

All requests require the Maton API key:

Authorization: Bearer $MATON_API_KEY

Environment Variable: Set your API key as MATON_API_KEY:

export MATON_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

Getting Your API Key

1. Sign in or create an account at maton.ai
2. Go to maton.ai/settings
3. Copy your API key

Connection Management

Manage your Kaggle connections at https://ctrl.maton.ai.

List Connections

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections?app=kaggle&status=ACTIVE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Create Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'app': 'kaggle'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Open the returned url in a browser to complete authentication. Kaggle uses API key authentication - you'll need to provide your Kaggle username and API key from kaggle.com/settings.

Delete Connection

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://ctrl.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}', method='DELETE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

API Reference

Kaggle uses an RPC-style API. All requests are POST with JSON body.

POST /kaggle/v1/{ServiceName}/{MethodName}
Content-Type: application/json

Datasets

List Datasets

POST /kaggle/v1/datasets.DatasetApiService/ListDatasets
Content-Type: application/json

{}

Request Body Parameters:

• search - Search term (optional)
• user - Filter by username (optional)
• pageSize - Results per page (optional)
• pageToken - Pagination token (optional)

Example with search:

{
  "search": "covid"
}

Response:

{
  "datasets": [
    {
      "id": 9481458,
      "ref": "amar5693/screen-time-sleep-and-stress-analysis-dataset",
      "title": "Screen Time, Sleep & Stress Analysis Dataset",
      "subtitle": "ML-ready dataset analyzing smartphone usage and productivity.",
      "totalBytes": 787136,
      "downloadCount": 11659,
      "voteCount": 236,
      "usabilityRating": 1,
      "licenseName": "CC0: Public Domain",
      "ownerName": "Amar Tiwari",
      "tags": [...]
    }
  ]
}

Get Dataset

POST /kaggle/v1/datasets.DatasetApiService/GetDataset
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "ownerSlug": "amar5693",
  "datasetSlug": "screen-time-sleep-and-stress-analysis-dataset"
}

Response:

{
  "id": 9481458,
  "title": "Screen Time, Sleep & Stress Analysis Dataset",
  "subtitle": "ML-ready dataset analyzing smartphone usage and productivity.",
  "totalBytes": 787136,
  "downloadCount": 11659,
  "usabilityRating": 1
}

List Dataset Files

POST /kaggle/v1/datasets.DatasetApiService/ListDatasetFiles
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "ownerSlug": "amar5693",
  "datasetSlug": "screen-time-sleep-and-stress-analysis-dataset"
}

Response:

{
  "datasetFiles": [
    {
      "name": "Smartphone_Usage_Productivity_Dataset_50000.csv",
      "creationDate": "2026-02-13T06:56:19.803Z",
      "totalBytes": 2958561
    }
  ]
}

Get Dataset Metadata

POST /kaggle/v1/datasets.DatasetApiService/GetDatasetMetadata
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "ownerSlug": "amar5693",
  "datasetSlug": "screen-time-sleep-and-stress-analysis-dataset"
}

Response:

{
  "info": {
    "datasetId": 9481458,
    "datasetSlug": "screen-time-sleep-and-stress-analysis-dataset",
    "ownerUser": "amar5693",
    "title": "Screen Time, Sleep & Stress Analysis Dataset",
    "description": "...",
    "totalViews": 44291,
    "totalVotes": 236,
    "totalDownloads": 11661
  }
}

Download Dataset

POST /kaggle/v1/datasets.DatasetApiService/DownloadDataset
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "ownerSlug": "amar5693",
  "datasetSlug": "screen-time-sleep-and-stress-analysis-dataset"
}

Returns binary data (ZIP file). Response headers:

• Content-Type: application/zip
• Content-Length:

Models

List Models

POST /kaggle/v1/models.ModelApiService/ListModels
Content-Type: application/json

{}

Request Body Parameters:

• owner - Filter by owner (optional)
• search - Search term (optional)
• pageSize - Results per page (optional)

Example:

{
  "owner": "google"
}

Response:

{
  "models": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "owner": "google",
      "slug": "gemma",
      "title": "Gemma",
      "subtitle": "Gemma is a family of lightweight, state-of-the-art models",
      "instanceCount": 16,
      "framework": "transformers"
    }
  ]
}

Get Model

POST /kaggle/v1/models.ModelApiService/GetModel
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "ownerSlug": "google",
  "modelSlug": "gemma"
}

Response:

{
  "id": 1,
  "title": "Gemma",
  "slug": "gemma",
  "owner": "google",
  "subtitle": "Gemma is a family of lightweight, state-of-the-art models",
  "publishTime": "2024-02-21T16:00:00Z",
  "instanceCount": 16
}

Competitions

List Competitions

POST /kaggle/v1/competitions.CompetitionApiService/ListCompetitions
Content-Type: application/json

{}

Request Body Parameters:

• search - Search term (optional)
• category - Filter by category (optional)
• pageSize - Results per page (optional)

Example:

{
  "search": "nlp"
}

Response:

{
  "competitions": [
    {
      "id": 118448,
      "ref": "https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ai-mathematical-olympiad-progress-prize-3",
      "title": "AI Mathematical Olympiad - Progress Prize 3",
      "url": "https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/ai-mathematical-olympiad-progress-prize-3",
      "deadline": "2026-06-06T23:59:00Z",
      "category": "Featured",
      "reward": "$1,048,576",
      "teamCount": 1234,
      "userHasEntered": false
    }
  ]
}

Kernels (Notebooks)

List Kernels

POST /kaggle/v1/kernels.KernelsApiService/ListKernels
Content-Type: application/json

{}

Request Body Parameters:

• search - Search term (optional)
• user - Filter by username (optional)
• language - Filter by language: python, r, etc. (optional)
• pageSize - Results per page (optional)

Example:

{
  "search": "titanic"
}

Response:

{
  "kernels": [
    {
      "id": 5660537,
      "ref": "alexisbcook/titanic-tutorial",
      "title": "Titanic Tutorial",
      "author": "alexisbcook",
      "language": "Python",
      "totalVotes": 1234,
      "totalViews": 56789
    }
  ]
}

Get Kernel

POST /kaggle/v1/kernels.KernelsApiService/GetKernel
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "userName": "alexisbcook",
  "kernelSlug": "titanic-tutorial"
}

Response:

{
  "metadata": {
    "id": 5660537,
    "ref": "alexisbcook/titanic-tutorial",
    "title": "Titanic Tutorial",
    "author": "alexisbcook",
    "language": "Python"
  }
}

Code Examples

JavaScript

const response = await fetch(
  'https://gateway.maton.ai/kaggle/v1/datasets.DatasetApiService/ListDatasets',
  {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.MATON_API_KEY}`,
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({ search: 'covid' })
  }
);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import os
import requests

response = requests.post(
    'https://gateway.maton.ai/kaggle/v1/datasets.DatasetApiService/ListDatasets',
    headers={
        'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}',
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    json={'search': 'covid'}
)
print(response.json())

Notes

• All API calls use POST method with JSON body
• API follows RPC pattern: /v1/{ServiceName}/{MethodName}
• Dataset refs use format: {owner}/{dataset-slug}
• Model refs use format: {owner}/{model-slug}
• Kernel refs use format: {user}/{kernel-slug}
• Download endpoints return binary data (ZIP files)
• Some operations require specific permissions (competition participation, kernel access)

Error Handling

Resources

• Kaggle API Documentation
• Kaggle Datasets
• Kaggle Models
• Kaggle Competitions
• Maton Community
• Maton Support