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NOAA ERDDAP Metadata API

Inspect variable and attribute metadata for a specific dataset.

NOAA ERDDAP Metadata 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 Metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and rate-limit docs.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, 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}.

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 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 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Metadata 1

Inspect variable and attribute metadata for a specific dataset.

GET
/info/{datasetID}/index.{fileType}
Get variable and attribute metadata for a dataset
getDatasetInfo 2 params → 200404

Schemas 2

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

DatasetInfo
object
Variable and attribute metadata for a single dataset, returned as an ERDDAP table with five columns.
1 property
MetadataFileType
string
Response format for discovery and metadata endpoints.

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

noaa-erddap-metadata-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs NOAA ERDDAP publishes across the network.

NOAA ERDDAP Data Access API
NOAA ERDDAP Discovery API
NOAA ERDDAP Files API