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Ordnance Survey Data Packages API

Operations providing access to data packages.To access data packages you must supply a valid API key or OAuth 2 access token.

Ordnance Survey Data Packages 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 Packages. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.os.uk/downloads/v1/.

5 operations 5 paths 4 schemas 5 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.os.uk/features/ngd/ofa/v1
Authentication
OAuth 2.0, API Key, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 3

Ordnance Survey Data Packages API declares 3 security schemes for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the clientCredentials flow. An API key is passed in the query as key (APIKeyQuery). An API key is passed in the header as key (APIKeyHeader).

Paths & Operations 5

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 5 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Data Packages 5

Operations providing access to data packages. To access data packages you must supply a valid API key or OAuth 2 access token.

GET
/dataPackages
List the data packages that are available to you.
→ 200401
GET
/dataPackages/{dataPackageId}
Get a specific data package.
1 param → 200401404
GET
/dataPackages/{dataPackageId}/versions
Get the list of versions for a specific data package.
1 param → 200401404
GET
/dataPackages/{dataPackageId}/versions/{versionId}
Get a specific data package version, including details of the files that are available to download.
2 params → 200401404
GET
/dataPackages/{dataPackageId}/versions/{versionId}/downloads
Get a specific file from a data package version.
3 params → 307401404

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DataPackageVersionSummary (8 properties), DataPackage (7 properties), Download (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DataPackage
object
A data package provides access to OS products that are not OpenData. If you have access to to products that are available as data packages then you can create…
7 properties 7 required
DataPackageVersionSummary
object
Summary information about a data package version.
8 properties 7 required
Download
object
Information about a specific download file that is made available through this API.
4 properties 2 required
DataPackageVersion
Detailed information about a data package version, including a list of the files available to download.

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

ordnance-survey-data-packages-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 Collections 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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