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FAO FAOSTAT Metadata API

Operations for retrieving dataset and indicator metadata

FAO FAOSTAT Metadata API is one of 7 APIs that FAO FAOSTAT publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Metadata. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and rate-limit docs.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production.

2 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://fenixservices.fao.org/faostat/api/v1
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

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.

Metadata 2

Operations for retrieving dataset and indicator metadata

GET
/{lang}/definitions/types/flag
List all data quality flags
getFlags 1 param → 200500
GET
/{lang}/metadata/{domain}
Get metadata for a FAOSTAT domain
getDomainMetadata 2 params → 200404500

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ErrorResponse (2 properties), Flag (2 properties), DomainMetadata (1 property), FlagListResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

FlagListResponse
object
1 property
DomainMetadata
object
1 property
Flag
object
2 properties
ErrorResponse
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

unfao-metadata-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs FAO FAOSTAT publishes across the network.

FAOSTAT Bulk Download API
FAO FAOSTAT Catalog API
FAO FAOSTAT Data API
FAO FAOSTAT Dimensions API
FAO FAOSTAT Domains API
FAO FAOSTAT Downloads API
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