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Ordnance Survey Get Capabilities API

Returns a metadata document describing the WFS service provided by the server as well as valid WFS operations and parameters.

Ordnance Survey Get Capabilities 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 Get Capabilities. 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 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v1.0.

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

2 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
v1.0
Base URL
https://api.os.uk/features/ngd/ofa/v1
Authentication
API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Ordnance Survey Get Capabilities API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the query as key (api-key). By default, every request must be authenticated.

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.

GetCapabilities 2

Returns a metadata document describing the WFS service provided by the server as well as valid WFS operations and parameters.

GET
/wfs
Access to features matching a given query
GetFeature 13 params → 200
GET
/wfs/archive/{year}
Access to features matching a given query for a particular year (as an annual snapshot - taking the last full release in the calendar year)
GetArchiveFeature 14 params → 200

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Feature (3 properties), FeatureCollection (2 properties), Geometry (2 properties), Coordinate (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Coordinate
object
2 properties
Geometry
object
2 properties
Feature
object
3 properties
FeatureCollection
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

ordnance-survey-getcapabilities-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OS Match & Cleanse API (withdrawn)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 Data Packages API
Ordnance Survey Features API
Ordnance Survey Find 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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