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Air Quality Programmatic APIs Stations API

The Stations API from Air Quality Programmatic APIs — 5 operation(s) for stations.

Air Quality Programmatic APIs Stations API is one of 2 APIs that Air Quality Programmatic APIs publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Stations. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 10 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.waqi.info.

5 operations 5 paths 10 schemas 5 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Server
https://api.waqi.info
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Air Quality Programmatic APIs Stations API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as token (TokenAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • TokenAuth — API token obtained from https://aqicn.org/data-platform/token/

Paths & Operations 5

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 5 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Stations 5
GET
/feed/geo:{lat};{lng}/
Air Quality Programmatic APIs AQICN Get AQI by Geographic Coordinates
getAQIByGeoCoordinates 3 params → 200200_error
GET
/feed/{city}/
Air Quality Programmatic APIs AQICN Get AQI by City Name
getAQIByCity 2 params → 200
GET
/feed/ip/
Air Quality Programmatic APIs AQICN Get AQI by IP Geolocation
getAQIByIP 1 param → 200
GET
/search/
Air Quality Programmatic APIs AQICN Search Monitoring Stations
searchStations 2 params → 200
GET
/map/bounds/
Air Quality Programmatic APIs AQICN Get Stations Within Map Bounds
getStationsInBounds 3 params → 200

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are StationData (7 properties), PollutantData (6 properties), ForecastDay (4 properties), CityInfo (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Attribution
object
Data source attribution
2 properties
StationData
object
Station data including AQI and pollutant readings
7 properties
StationSearchResult
object
Station search result
2 properties
TimeInfo
object
Timestamp information for the reading
3 properties
CityInfo
object
City and location information for the station
3 properties
ForecastDay
object
Single-day forecast value
4 properties
ErrorResponse
object
Error response
2 properties
AQIStation
object
Air quality monitoring station with current readings
2 properties
ForecastData
object
Multi-day air quality and weather forecast
1 property
PollutantData
object
Individual pollutant AQI values
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

air-quality-programmatic-apis-stations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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