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EPA — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Quality Assurance API

QA performance evaluations, blanks, audits, collocated assessments.

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

This API exposes 12 operations across 12 paths, and defines 2 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.

12 operations 12 paths 2 schemas 12 GET

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 Quality Assurance 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 12

Across 12 paths, the API surfaces 12 operations — 12 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Quality Assurance 12

QA performance evaluations, blanks, audits, collocated assessments.

GET
/qaAnnualPerformanceEvaluations/bySite
QA Annual Performance Evaluations by Site
qaAnnualBySite 8 params → 200
GET
/qaAnnualPerformanceEvaluations/byCounty
QA Annual Performance Evaluations by County
qaAnnualByCounty 7 params → 200
GET
/qaAnnualPerformanceEvaluations/byState
QA Annual Performance Evaluations by State
qaAnnualByState 6 params → 200
GET
/qaAnnualPerformanceEvaluations/byPQAO
QA Annual Performance Evaluations by PQAO
qaAnnualByPQAO 6 params → 200
GET
/qaAnnualPerformanceEvaluations/byMA
QA Annual Performance Evaluations by Monitoring Agency
qaAnnualByMA 6 params → 200
GET
/qaBlanks/bySite
QA Blanks by Site
qaBlanksBySite 8 params → 200
GET
/qaBlanks/byState
QA Blanks by State
qaBlanksByState 6 params → 200
GET
/qaCollocatedAssessments/bySite
QA Collocated Assessments by Site
qaCollocatedBySite 8 params → 200
GET
/qaFlowRateVerifications/bySite
QA Flow Rate Verifications by Site
qaFlowRateVerifBySite 8 params → 200
GET
/qaFlowRateAudits/bySite
QA Flow Rate Audits by Site
qaFlowRateAuditsBySite 8 params → 200
GET
/qaOnePointQcRawData/bySite
QA One Point QC Raw Data by Site
qaOnePointBySite 8 params → 200
GET
/qaPepAudits/bySite
QA PEP Audits by Site
qaPepBySite 8 params → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Header (5 properties), Envelope (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Header
object
5 properties
Envelope
object
2 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

epa-quality-assurance-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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EPA Grants API
EPA Insect Repellents API
EPA e-Manifest Hazardous Waste Tracking
EPA System of Registries (SoR)
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