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NOAA Thumbnails API

The Thumbnails API from NOAA — 1 operation(s) for thumbnails.

NOAA Thumbnails 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 Thumbnails. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a GitHub repository, and 9 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version v4.0.

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

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 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 1

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

Thumbnails 1
GET
/thumbnails/satellite/{area}deprecated
Returns a thumbnail image for a satellite region. Image services in API are deprecated.
satellite_thumbnails 1 param → 200default

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 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.

ProblemDetail
object
Detail about an error. This document conforms to RFC 7807 (Problem Details for HTTP APIs).
6 properties 6 required
BinaryFile
string

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

noaa-thumbnails-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs NOAA publishes across the network.

Climate Data Online (CDO) API
CO-OPS Tides and Currents API
NOAA Alerts API
NOAA Aviation API
NOAA Glossary API
NOAA Gridpoints API
NOAA Icons API
NOAA Navigational Data API
NOAA Offices API
NOAA Points API
NOAA Products API
NOAA Radar API