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}.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
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.
Inspect variable and attribute metadata for a specific dataset.
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.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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