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EPA — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Resource Conservation and Recovery Act API

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act API from EPA — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — 7 operation(s) for resource conservation and recovery act.

EPA — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 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 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. 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 15 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 15 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 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 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.

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act 14
GET
/rcra_rest_services.get_download
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Download Data Service
4 params → 200
POST
/rcra_rest_services.get_download
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Download Data Service
4 params → 200
GET
/rcra_rest_services.get_facilities
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Facility Search Service
96 params → 200
POST
/rcra_rest_services.get_facilities
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Facility Search Service
96 params → 200
GET
/rcra_rest_services.get_facility_info
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Facility Enhanced Search Service
95 params → 200
POST
/rcra_rest_services.get_facility_info
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Facility Enhanced Search Service
95 params → 200
GET
/rcra_rest_services.get_geojson
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) GeoJSON Service
7 params → 200
POST
/rcra_rest_services.get_geojson
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) GeoJSON Service
7 params → 200
GET
/rcra_rest_services.get_info_clusters
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Info Clusters Service
3 params → 200
POST
/rcra_rest_services.get_info_clusters
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Info Clusters Service
3 params → 200
GET
/rcra_rest_services.get_map
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Map Service
9 params → 200
POST
/rcra_rest_services.get_map
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Map Service
9 params → 200
GET
/rcra_rest_services.get_qid
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Paginated Results Service
7 params → 200
POST
/rcra_rest_services.get_qid
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Paginated Results Service
7 params → 200

Schemas 15

The contract defines 15 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are rcra07 (120 properties), rcra01 (119 properties), rcra10 (117 properties), rcra08 (19 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

rcra04
object
Results Object
15 properties 13 required
geo
object
GeoJSON Geometry Object
2 properties 2 required
rcra11
object
Map Data Object
10 properties 10 required
rcra13
object
Results Object
5 properties 5 required
rcra08
object
Results Object
19 properties 16 required
rcra07
object
Facilities Object
120 properties 120 required
rcra03
object
Map Output Object
4 properties 4 required
rcra10
object
GeoJSON Properties Object
117 properties 117 required
qp0
object
Query Parameters Object
2 properties 2 required
rcra02
object
Map Data Object
10 properties 10 required
rcra06
object
Cluster Output Object
1 property 1 required
rcra01
object
Facilities Object
119 properties 119 required
rcra05
object
Cluster Data Object
17 properties 17 required
rcra12
object
Map Output Object
4 properties 4 required
rcra09
object
GeoJSON Feature Object
3 properties 3 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

epa-resource-conservation-and-recovery-act-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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