ASCE Hazard Tool API
The ASCE Hazard Tool API provides a simple interface to query locations in the United States for environmental hazard data by geographic location. It provides site-specific hazard values used in structural engineering design including seismic ground motion parameters, wind speeds, snow loads, ice loads, and flood data in accordance with ASCE 7 and related standards. Access requires an ASCE membership or license.
ASCE Hazard Tool API is one of 2 APIs that ASCE Amplify publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Civil Engineering, Hazard Data, Seismic, Wind, and Snow. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.
This API exposes 8 operations across 8 paths, organized into 8 resource areas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api-hazard.asce.org/v1, http://localhost:3000/v1.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
ASCE Hazard Tool API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the query as token (ApiKeyAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
Paths & Operations 8
Across 8 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 8 GET. They span 8 resource areas: Flood, Ice, Rain, Seismic, Snow, Tornado, Tsunami, Wind. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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