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Equinix Metros API

Metro Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Metros](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/locations/metros/).

Equinix Metros API is one of 74 APIs that Equinix publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Metros. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 15 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 1.2.

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

4 operations 4 paths 15 schemas 4 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.1
API Version
1.2
Base URL
https://api.equinix.com
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 4 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Metros 4

Metro Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Metros](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/locations/metros/).

GET
/locations/metros
Retrieve all metros
findMetros → 200401
GET
/locations/metros/{id}
Retrieve a specific Metro's details
getMetro 1 param → 200404
GET
/fabric/v4/metros
Get all Metros
getMetros 3 params → 200400401500
GET
/fabric/v4/metros/{metroCode}
Get Metro by Code
getMetroByCode 1 param → 200400401500

Schemas 15

The contract defines 15 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Metro_2 (12 properties), MetroError (6 properties), Pagination (5 properties), Metro (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

MetroList
object
1 property
Error
object
Error responses are included with 4xx and 5xx HTTP responses from the API service. Either "error" or "errors" will be set.
2 properties
Metro
object
4 properties
Metro_2
object
GET Metros retrieves all Equinix? Fabric? metros, as well as latency data for each location.This performance data helps network planning engineers and administ…
12 properties
PriceError_additionalInfo
object
2 properties
GeoScopeType
string
Geographic boundary types
GeoCoordinates
object
Geographic location data of Fabric Metro
2 properties
Presence
string
Presence
MetroErrorList
array
MetroResponse
object
GET Metros retrieves all Equinix? Fabric? metros, as well as latency data for each location.This performance data helps network planning engineers and administ…
2 properties
MetroCode
string
Metro Code
ConnectedMetro
object
Arrays of objects containing latency data for the specified metros
4 properties
MetroError
object
Error with details
6 properties 2 required
Pagination
object
Pagination response information
5 properties 2 required
services
object
Arrays of objects containing type of services supported in the specified metros
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

equinix-metros-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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