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NOAA Radar API

The Radar API from NOAA — 8 operation(s) for radar.

NOAA Radar API is one of 17 APIs that NOAA publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 9 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Radar. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a GitHub repository, and 9 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 8 operations across 8 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version v4.0.

Requests are made against the base URL https://api.weather.gov.

8 operations 8 paths 3 schemas 8 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
v4.0
Base URL
https://api.weather.gov
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 8

Across 8 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 8 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Radar 8
GET
/radar/servers
Returns a list of radar servers
radar_servers 1 param → 200default
GET
/radar/servers/{id}
Returns metadata about a given radar server
radar_server 2 params → 200default
GET
/radar/spgds
Returns a list of radar spgds
radar_spgds 1 param → 200default
GET
/radar/stations
Returns a list of radar stations
radar_stations 3 params → 200default
GET
/radar/stations/{stationId}
Returns metadata about a given radar station
radar_station 3 params → 200default
GET
/radar/stations/{stationId}/alarms
Returns metadata about a given radar station alarms
radar_station_alarms 1 param → 200default
GET
/radar/queues/{host}
Returns metadata about a given radar queue
radar_queue 9 params → 200default
GET
/radar/profilers/{stationId}
Returns metadata about a given radar wind profiler
radar_profiler 3 params → 200default

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is ProblemDetail (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ISO8601Duration
string
A time duration in ISO 8601 format.
ProblemDetail
object
Detail about an error. This document conforms to RFC 7807 (Problem Details for HTTP APIs).
6 properties 6 required
ISO8601Interval
A time interval in ISO 8601 format. This can be one of: 1. Start and end time 2. Start time and duration 3. Duration and end time The string "NOW" can also be…

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

noaa-radar-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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