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NOAA ERDDAP Data Access API

Download subsets of tabular or gridded data.

NOAA ERDDAP Data Access API is one of 4 APIs that NOAA ERDDAP publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Data Access. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and rate-limit docs.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2.23.

Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap, https://erddap.ioos.us/erddap, {baseUrl}.

2 operations 2 paths 2 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2.23
Base URL
https://coastwatch.pfeg.noaa.gov/erddap
License
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Data Access 2

Download subsets of tabular or gridded data.

GET
/tabledap/{datasetID}.{fileType}
Download a subset of a tabular dataset
getTabledapData 9 params → 200400404
GET
/griddap/{datasetID}.{fileType}
Download a subset of a gridded dataset
getGriddapData 2 params → 200400404

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is TabledapJsonResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

TabledapJsonResponse
object
JSON response from a tabledap data request (same envelope as DatasetList).
1 property
DataFileType
string
Response format for tabledap and griddap data requests.

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

noaa-erddap-data-access-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs NOAA ERDDAP publishes across the network.

NOAA ERDDAP Discovery API
NOAA ERDDAP Files API
NOAA ERDDAP Metadata API