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EPA — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

EPA — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency CIP Indexing Services API

The CIP Indexing Services API from EPA — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — 3 operation(s) for cip indexing services.

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EPA — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency CIP Indexing Services API is one of 137 APIs that EPA — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1242 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include CIP Indexing Services. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 1242 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 35 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.5.2.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://localhost:3000.

3 operations 3 paths 35 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.5.2
Base URL
https://aqs.epa.gov/data/api
Contact
US EPA Office of Water
License
Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

CIP Indexing Services 3
POST
/rpc/cipsrv_index
CIP-service Indexing
cipsrv_index body → 200
GET
/rpc/cipsrv_domains
CIP-service Domains
cipsrv_domains → 200
GET
/rpc/cipsrv_registry
CIP-service Registry Summary of Resources
cipsrv_registry → 200

Schemas 35

The contract defines 35 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are cipsrv_index_rb (29 properties), navigated_flowline_properties (20 properties), cipsrv_index_resp (13 properties), event_feature_properties (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

geojson_feature
objectnull
5 properties 3 required
cipsrv_registry
object
4 properties
nhdplusid
integer
NHDPlus int64 nhdplus identifier.
indexing_summary
object
short summary report of indexing results.
1 property
ordinate
number
reachcode
string
geojson_bbox
array
delineated_area_properties
object
4 properties
measure
number
cipsrv_index_resp
object
13 properties
hydroseq
integer
NHDPlus int64 hydro sequence identifier.
globalid
string
geojson_featurecollection
object
GeoJSon Feature collection
2 properties 2 required
wbd_version
string
WBD version used for CIP-service indexing.
cipsrv_registry_components
object
6 properties
indexed_catchment_properties
object
4 properties
event_feature_properties
object
8 properties
cipsrv_domains_states
array
coordinates2
array
known_region
string
Provided value to use to determine the proper spatial reference system to use in geometric analysis. Providing an SRID value such as 5070 or a US state code su…
status_message
stringnull
Status message describing the results of processing. Null indicates success.
cipsrv_domains_tribe
object
4 properties
navigated_flowline_properties
object
20 properties
coordinates1
array
cipsrv_domains
object
2 properties
cipsrv_index_rb
object
29 properties 1 required
cipsrv_domains_tribes
array
nhdplus_version
string
NHDPlus version used in CIP indexing.
coordinates3
array
indexed_flowline_properties
object
6 properties
end_point_properties
object
3 properties
return_code
integer
Status code for results. Zero indicates success.
cipsrv_domains_state
object
3 properties
geojson_geometry
objectnull
2 properties
indexing_line_properties
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

epa-cip-indexing-services-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
epa:epa-cip-indexing-services-api
Base URL
https://aqs.epa.gov/data/api
Docs
https://aqs.epa.gov/aqsweb/documents/data_api.html
Provider
EPA — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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