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IQAir AirVisual Stations API

List monitoring stations and retrieve station data

IQAir AirVisual Stations API is one of 5 APIs that IQAir AirVisual 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, authentication docs, and rate-limit docs.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 10 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 2.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.airvisual.com/v2.

3 operations 3 paths 10 schemas 3 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
2.0.0
Base URL
https://api.airvisual.com/v2
Authentication
API Key
Contact
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

IQAir AirVisual Stations API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as key (apiKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiKey — API key passed as a query parameter.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 3 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Stations 3

List monitoring stations and retrieve station data

GET
/stations
List monitoring stations in a city
listStations 4 params → 200400401429
GET
/station
Get station air quality data
getStation 5 params → 200400401429
GET
/nearest_station
Get nearest station air quality data
getNearestStation 3 params → 200400401429

Schemas 10

The contract defines 10 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Pollution (11 properties), Forecast (10 properties), StationData (8 properties), Weather (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

StationsListResponse
object
2 properties
Pollution
object
11 properties
Current
object
2 properties
StationData
object
8 properties
StationDataResponse
object
2 properties
Forecast
object
10 properties
ErrorResponse
object
2 properties
PollutantUnit
object
3 properties
Weather
object
7 properties
GeoLocation
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

airvisual-stations-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs IQAir AirVisual publishes across the network.

IQAir AirVisual Cities API
IQAir AirVisual Countries API
IQAir AirVisual Rankings API
IQAir AirVisual States API