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EPA — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Facility Info API

The Facility Info API from EPA — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — 7 operation(s) for facility info.

EPA — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Facility Info 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 Facility Info. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and 1242 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 14 operations across 7 paths, and defines 13 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://aqs.epa.gov/data/api.

14 operations 7 paths 13 schemas 7 GET7 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://aqs.epa.gov/data/api
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

EPA — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Facility Info API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as key (emailKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • emailKey — AQS requires email and key query parameters on every request. Register at /signup?email=YOUREMAIL to receive a key by email.

Paths & Operations 14

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 14 operations — 7 GET, 7 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Facility Info 14
GET
/echo_rest_services.get_download
Combined ECHO Download Data Service
4 params → 200
POST
/echo_rest_services.get_download
Combined ECHO Download Data Service
4 params → 200
GET
/echo_rest_services.get_facilities
Combined ECHO Facility Search Service
76 params → 200
POST
/echo_rest_services.get_facilities
Combined ECHO Facility Search Service
76 params → 200
GET
/echo_rest_services.get_facility_info
Combined ECHO Facility Enhanced Search Service
73 params → 200
POST
/echo_rest_services.get_facility_info
Combined ECHO Facility Enhanced Search Service
73 params → 200
GET
/echo_rest_services.get_geojson
Combined ECHO GeoJSON Service
7 params → 200
POST
/echo_rest_services.get_geojson
Combined ECHO GeoJSON Service
7 params → 200
GET
/echo_rest_services.get_info_clusters
Combined ECHO Info Clusters Service
3 params → 200
POST
/echo_rest_services.get_info_clusters
Combined ECHO Info Clusters Service
3 params → 200
GET
/echo_rest_services.get_map
Combined ECHO Map Service
9 params → 200
POST
/echo_rest_services.get_map
Combined ECHO Map Service
9 params → 200
GET
/echo_rest_services.get_qid
Combined ECHO Paginated Results Service
7 params → 200
POST
/echo_rest_services.get_qid
Combined ECHO Paginated Results Service
7 params → 200

Schemas 13

The contract defines 13 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are echo07 (194 properties), echo03 (193 properties), echo10 (191 properties), echo08 (23 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

geo
object
GeoJSON Geometry Object
2 properties 2 required
echo04
object
Results Object
20 properties 18 required
echo03
object
Facilities Object
193 properties 193 required
echo05
object
Cluster Data Object
17 properties 17 required
echo01
object
Map Data Object
13 properties 13 required
echo08
object
Results Object
23 properties 20 required
echo07
object
Facilities Object
194 properties 194 required
qp0
object
Query Parameters Object
2 properties 2 required
echo10
object
GeoJSON Properties Object
191 properties 191 required
echo06
object
Cluster Output Object
1 property 1 required
echo02
object
Map Output Object
4 properties 4 required
echo09
object
GeoJSON Feature Object
3 properties 3 required
echo11
object
Results Object
5 properties 5 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

epa-facility-info-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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