Exposing a Wolfram dataset using CloudDeploy

Question

Base function:

beta = Function[{x}, y = ResourceData[ResourceObject[x]]]

Then I deploy this using CloudDeploy:

CloudDeploy[APIFunction[{"x" -> "String" }, beta[#x] &]] ;

which returns a URL. but when I try to pass params to it ny adding ?x="Meteorite Landings" in front of the link, I get a $Failed error

Also, how would I grab the dataset in json format?

Answer 1

I found the solution:

beta = APIFunction[{"tablename" -> "String"},ResourceData[ResourceObject[#tablename] ]& ]
co = CloudDeploy[beta, Permissions->"Public"]

for some reason it requires public permissions