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Ordnance Survey Data Collections API

The Data Collections API from Ordnance Survey — 2 operation(s) for data collections.

Ordnance Survey Data Collections API is one of 25 APIs that Ordnance Survey publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Data Collections. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 8 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v1.8.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.os.uk/maps/vector/ngd/ota/v1.

2 operations 2 paths 8 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
v1.8
Base URL
https://api.os.uk/features/ngd/ofa/v1
Authentication
API Key, API Key, OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 3

Ordnance Survey Data Collections API declares 3 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as key (api-key). An API key is passed in the header as key (api-key-header). It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the clientCredentials flow.

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 Collections 2
GET
/collections
Retrieve the list of geospatial data collections available from this service.
getCollectionsList → 200400404405406500504
GET
/collections/{collectionId}
Retrieve the description of a collection available from this service.
getCollection 1 param → 200400404405406500504

Schemas 8

The contract defines 8 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are exceptionDto (8 properties), link (8 properties), collectionInfo (5 properties), extent_spatial (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

exceptionDto
object
JSON schema for exceptions based on RFC 7807
8 properties 1 required
extent-uad
The extent module only addresses spatial and temporal extents. This module extends extent by specifying how intervals and crs properties can be used to specify…
extent
object
The extent of the data in the collection. In the Core only spatial and temporal extents are specified. Extensions may add additional members to represent other…
1 property
collections
object
2 properties 2 required
extent_spatial
object
The spatial extent of the data in the collection.
2 properties
AllCollections
string
link
object
8 properties 2 required
collectionInfo
object
5 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

ordnance-survey-data-collections-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Ordnance Survey publishes across the network.

OS Match & Cleanse API (withdrawn)
OS OAuth 2 API
Ordnance Survey Bounding box API
Ordnance Survey Collections API
Ordnance Survey Data Packages API
Ordnance Survey Features API
Ordnance Survey Find API
Ordnance Survey Get Capabilities API
Ordnance Survey Landing Page API
Ordnance Survey Nearest API
Ordnance Survey Open Data API
Ordnance Survey OS OpenData Users API
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